Invalidity · first instance · 2018-04-09
000010615
Contested design: 002009837-0020
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002009837-0020 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
‘GLOBALBASIC’ Elwira Gawron
Poland (PL)
ul. Plac Konstytucji 7/8, 42-290 Blachownia, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Krzysztof Różanowski
Poland (PL)
ul. Strzelców Olkuskich 1B/33, 32-300 Olkusz, Poland
Represented by
Krzysztof Wasilewski
Prior art cited (1)
Innovative Accents 3D Wall Panels pattern shown in a video review
www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2010-08-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the decorative wall-panel pattern had been disclosed years earlier through online video, internet TV, and Facebook posts.
- ›Holder filed no response to contest disclosure or the similarity of the compared designs.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube-led disclosure evidence and found the prior design and contested RCD shared the same white panel surface with identical wave-like horizontal lines arranged in the same pattern.
- ›No material differences were found, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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