Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2025-07-08
R0922/2024-3
Contested design: 001388524-0001
Outcome
The contested decision is annulled, the contested European Union design is declared invalid, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees, fixed at EUR 2,050.
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1. Annuls the contested decision and declares European Union design No 1 388 524-0001 invalid. 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings. 3. Fixes the costs to be paid by the design holder to the invalidity applicant for the invalidity and appeal proceedings at EUR 2 050.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €2,050
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Patryk Zieleźnicki trading as STRETCH CONCEPT PATRYK ZIELEŹNICKIvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Szkolna, nr 1, lok. A, 05503 Głosków, Poland
Represented by
Kacper Kazimierz Krawczyk
Holder · RCD owner
FOLPOL ROBERT BARCZYK, JACEK CYGANvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mikołaja Reja 6, 05-532 Wólka Załęska, Poland
Represented by
Joanna Kluczewska-Strojny
Prior art cited (9)
foil material for packing and palletizing
Polish design registration No 19 541 · official gazette of the Polish patent office · disclosed 2013-06-28
foil material for packing and palletizing
Polish design registration No 19 669 · official gazette of the Polish patent office · disclosed 2013-07-31
foil material for packing and palletizing
Polish design registration No 19 668 · official gazette of the Polish patent office · disclosed 2013-07-31
foil material for packing and palletizing
Polish design registration No 19 666 · official gazette of the Polish patent office · disclosed 2013-07-31
reinforced plastic film
WO 02/096634 A1 · World Intellectual Property Organization database · disclosed 2002-12-05
thin film made of extensible plastic material for packaging, reinforced and at least partially stretched, having high mechanical strength
EP 1 789 249 B1 · European Patent Office database · disclosed 2008-02-27
stretch film having heat-sealed edges
EP 1 095 759 B1 · European Patent Office database · disclosed 2004-11-17
film with reinforced borders and edges
EP 2 205 439 B1 · European Patent Office database · disclosed 2015-08-12
foils with reinforced borders and edges
EP 2 047 985 A1 · European Patent Office database · disclosed 2009-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant appealed, arguing that the two registered views did not show one coherent design and that earlier plastic-foil designs, especially D2, destroyed individual character.
- ›The design holder replied that the views consistently showed the same foil product and that structural differences in folds, edges, and the middle strip created a different overall impression.
- ›The Board applied the substantive CDR, treated D2 as validly disclosed, and found that both designs shared the same elongated foil sheet with lateral stripes and a central stripe creating a double-layered structure.
- ›Minor differences in edge shape, stripe width, thickness, creases, and colour were insufficient for the informed user, so the appeal was allowed and the contested design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Bartos
- Registrarp.o. R. Vidal Romero
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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