Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-05-15
R1518/2024-3
Contested design: 015019759-0002
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the design holder is ordered to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal. 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dambat Jastrzębski Spółka komandytowo-akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Adamów 50, 05-825 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Helena Beata Gajek
Holder · RCD owner
Firma Handlowa IN-HOME Justyna Siudekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Tczewska 1, 86-170 Nowe, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
pumps for liquids
Community design registration No 8 927 479-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Community design registration No 8 927 479-0001.
- ›The design holder argued the product was a technically constrained submersible sewage pump, the sector was saturated, and colour, labels and cable details created a different overall impression.
- ›The Board held the relevant product category remained pumps for liquids, the designer retained meaningful freedom, and the saturation claim was not proven.
- ›Because the two designs had the same overall shape and configuration, with only minor colour and cable differences, the Board dismissed the appeal and confirmed invalidity.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberC. Bartos
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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