Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-01-12
R0050/2025-3
Contested design: 006145025-0001
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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Dismisses the appeal; 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
Marcin Szymczukvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Bohaterów Września 12, 17100 Bielsk Podlaski, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
BLACH - POL Krzysztofik., Pałyga sp.j.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Targowa 1, 26-300 Opoczno, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
sheet roofing tiles
European Union design registration certificate No 4 557 874-0001 · European Union Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-01-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued the Invalidity Division ignored market evidence, misjudged the informed user and designer freedom, and should have found a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that only the registered representations matter and that the extra column does not change the overall impression of the roof-covering design.
- ›The Board held the prior design was validly disclosed outside the grace period and that market-fit evidence was irrelevant because the comparison had to rest on the registered representations.
- ›The Board found the extra column and colour difference insufficient to alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and the appeal failed.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurC. Bartos
- MemberS. Rizzo
- RegistrarE. Wagner
Decision files
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