Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-06
000010802
Contested design: 003741438-0002
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 003741438-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
LBM KAMIL SZAREK osoba fizyczna prowadząca działalność gospodarczą
Poland (PL)
ul. Poznańska 13 62-080 Tarnowo Podgórne, Poland
Represented by
Jerzy Łuczak
Holder · RCD owner
Mateusz Skiba
Poland (PL)
ul Krzemieniecka 131a/2, 54-613 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
portable swimming pool for children
http://www.niepolka.pl · niepolka.pl · disclosed 2015-09-06
portable swimming pool for children
http://www.mamaandhome.blogspot.com · mamaandhome.blogspot.com
portable swimming pool for children
http://www.mojedwoje.pl · mojedwoje.pl · disclosed 2015-08-17
portable swimming pool for children
http://www.facebook.com/home.minibe/ · facebook.com/home.minibe
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier internet disclosures of the same children's portable swimming pool.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence or arguments.
- ›The Division found the internet publications credible disclosures under Article 7 and accepted that the prior design was publicly available before filing.
- ›Because the compared pools were identical apart from an immaterial slight base elevation, the contested RCD lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELISOVA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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