Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2018-05-07
R2122/2017-3
Contested design: 002419424-0004
Outcome
The contested Invalidity Division decision is annulled and the invalidity application is rejected; the invalidity applicant is ordered to bear costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Annuls the contested decision and rejects the application for a declaration of invalidity; 2. Orders the invalidity applicant to bear the fees and costs incurred by the RCD holder.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
INDECO S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Grzybowska 87, 00-844 Warszawa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
BONARI Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Zwycięzców 42/53, 03-938 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
profiles for doors
Community design No 2 129 601-0003 · EUIPO designs bulletin · disclosed 2014-04-14
invalidity applicant's product catalogue (profiles for doors)
invalidity applicant (INDECO S.A.) · disclosed 2005-01-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The RCD holder (BONARI) appealed the Invalidity Division's decision that declared RCD 2 419 424-0004 (profiles for doors) invalid for lack of individual character over a prior catalogue design; holder argued the catalogue was not proven to have been disclosed to relevant specialist circles before the filing date.
- ›The invalidity applicant (INDECO) did not file any observations in reply on appeal.
- ›The Board found that the catalogue evidence on its own was insufficient to prove disclosure within the meaning of Article 7(1) CDR — there was no proof of when, where, and to what extent the catalogues were distributed, nor whether they reached the specialist circles in the EU.
- ›The Board annulled the first-instance decision and rejected the invalidity application; the invalidity applicant was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberG. Humphreys
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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