Invalidity · first instance · 2025-08-18
000127157
Contested design: 015035965-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150359650003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Arika s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Nižná, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
McLLOYD’S s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Marcelová, Slovakia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
BioSaurus snack depicted on packaging shown in a Lidl Slovakia leaflet
https://www.letak.sk · letak.sk / Lidl supermarkets in Slovakia · disclosed 2021-07-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested dinosaur-shaped snack design lacked novelty and individual character because the holder had disclosed the same design years before filing through publicly available product material.
- ›The holder disputed prior disclosure and argued that differences in the mouth, legs, tail and curvature gave the contested design a different overall impression, especially given constraints in snack production.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the dated online leaflet evidence as a valid prior disclosure and found the informed user would see both designs as essentially the same despite minor shape variations.
- ›The Division concluded that the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 and declared the design invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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