Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-03-19
R1330/2022-3
Contested design: 008465249-0001
Outcome
The appeal is partially upheld: the refusal of the Article 25(1)(f) invalidity ground is annulled, the case is remitted to the Invalidity Division, and each party bears its own appeal costs.
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1. Partially annuls the contested decision to the extent that it rejected the invalidity application based on Article 25(1)(f) CDR. 2. Remits the case to the Invalidity Division for further prosecution. 3. Orders each party to bear its own costs and fees incurred in the appeal proceedings.
CostsEach party bears its own costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Damian Peca Impaktvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warzywna 18, 42-208 Częstochowa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Zakład Produkcyjno-Handlowo-Usługowy ‘FORMES TOYS’ mgr inż. Grzegorz Chudyvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Śląska 69, 42-130 Wręczyca Wielka, Poland
Represented by
Anna Korbela
Prior art cited (10)
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Polish design registration No 26 188 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2020-08-24
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Polish design registration No 26 188 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2020-08-24
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Polish design registration No 26 188 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2020-08-24
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Polish design registration No 26 188 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2020-08-24
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Polish design registration No 26 563 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2020-12-28
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Polish design application No 29 100 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2021-07-26
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Polish design application No 29 656 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2021-08-09
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Polish design application No 29 657 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2021-08-09
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Polish design application No 29 658 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2021-08-09
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Polish design application No 29 289 · Polish Patent Office / Official Patent Gazette · disclosed 2021-07-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant appealed, arguing D1-D10 were properly disclosed or protected, the informed user would focus on the openwork feather body, and the contested design also copied a copyrighted lantern-feather arrangement.
- ›Holder challenged the representative’s authority, denied disclosure and similarity, argued the market was crowded and the contested design differed, and said copyright or ownership issues belonged before national courts.
- ›The Board admitted the appeal-stage evidence, confirmed D1-D5 were disclosed before filing but found the contested RCD still novel and individually distinctive; D6-D10 were only relevant under Article 25(1)(d) and caused no conflict.
- ›The Board held the new copyright-law materials and court decision sufficiently substantiated Article 25(1)(f), partially annulled the rejection on that ground, remitted the case, and ordered each party to bear its own appeal costs.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberH. Salmi
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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