Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-28
000126695
Contested design: 004541712-0015
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested EU design is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 004541712-0015 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gotszlik Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Jarocin, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ikoona SP. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wroclaw, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Kacperska
Prior art cited (2)
"Colorful Party Hat Stock" illustration depicting a party hat
https://www.istockphoto.com · iStock · disclosed 2017-01-02
Tikiddo wafer design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested wafer-cone design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier iStock party-hat image disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the iStock image was not a relevant or effective disclosure, concerned a different product sector, and in any event created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the iStock printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and rejected the holder's objections on specialised circles and sector differences.
- ›It found broad designer freedom for cone decoration and held that both designs conveyed the same overall impression of a conical form with horizontal rainbow bands.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) EUDR, so the contested design was invalidated and the holder bore costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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