Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-06
000127165
Contested design: 005233053-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the registered EU design No 005233053-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el diseño de la UE registrado n.º 005233053-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del/de la solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ICAP Laundry Care, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Guareña (Badajoz), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Persan, S.A.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Sevilla, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
three-compartment detergent capsule design
CN201730295889.5 · DesignView · disclosed 2018-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Chinese design CN201730295889.5 disclosed in DesignView before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued novelty was outside the pleaded scope, disputed effective disclosure in the EU, and said differences in compactness, spacing, contour, and colour created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held the motivated statement also raised novelty, accepted the DesignView extract as sufficient disclosure, identified a relatively attentive informed user, and found the designer's freedom not strictly limited.
- ›It concluded the common three-drop internal structure dominated the overall impression, colour and contour differences were insufficient, and the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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