Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-16
000127795
Contested design: 009016819-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009016819-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Oü Estover Piimatööstusvia PDF extraction
EE
Tartumaa (Tartu, Rannu Parish), Estonia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tere Aaktsiaseltsvia PDF extraction
EE
Tallinn, Estonia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
blue packaging for foodstuffs shown in Facebook post extracts
Facebook posts dated 18/05/2020 and 05/11/2020 · Facebook · disclosed 2020-05-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested blue food container lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Facebook-disclosed blue packaging.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and argued that colour, lid transparency, ridges, and top texture created a distinct overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Facebook evidence as sufficient disclosure and found the informed user would focus on the shared cylindrical blue tub shape and lid configuration.
- ›Because the differences were minor given the designer's freedom, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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