Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-12
000010616
Contested design: 003298876-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicants must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003298876-0001 is rejected. The applicants bear the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Rufin Sokołowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Kubanska 32m7, 64-100 Leszno, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Premium Distribution Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Niedziałkowskiego 28, 61578 Poznań, Poland
Represented by
Włodzimierz Januszkiewicz
Prior art cited (1)
registered Polish design shown as a ring with a central through hole and six small holes
Polish design No 22397 · Polish office bulletin WUP 6/2016 · disclosed 2016-06-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty over an earlier Polish registered design and also alleged bad-faith filing by the holder.
- ›The holder did not submit any observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted that the Polish design had been disclosed before the filing date but found material differences between the designs, so they were not identical under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The bad-faith allegation was treated as inadmissible because it is not an Article 25(1) invalidity ground, and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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