Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-26
000010580
Contested design: 001723677-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0017236770001 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
Inter Vion S.A.
Poland (PL)
Ostrombramska 91, 04-118 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
JMS Sports Sp. z.o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Piramowicza 11/13, 90-254-Lodz, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Młoczkowska
Prior art cited (1)
SwirliDo hair tie / telephone-cord-style hairband
SwirliDo or Swirlidon´t? · Nouveau Cheap blog · disclosed 2009-11-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested hairband design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier telephone-cord-style hair ties disclosed online and in product materials before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed public disclosure, challenged the reliability of blogs, catalogues and correspondence, and argued any third-party disclosure should be disregarded under the grace period.
- ›The Division found the web and archive evidence sufficiently reliable to prove prior public disclosure of design D1 before the RCD filing date, and rejected the holder's grace-period defence.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found no material differences, held the RCD not new under Article 5, upheld the application, and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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