Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-26
000011038
Contested design: 004384576-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004384576-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
INO-ROPE SAS
France (FR)
1 Rue des Senneurs, 29900 Concarneau, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ropeye OÜvia PDF extraction
EE
Tartu mnt 80j, 10112 Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
Represented by
Margus Sarap
Prior art cited (3)
Extract from an unknown source showing views of the holder's Grip Jammer product
Screenshot and extract of the holder's Facebook page showing the Grip Jammer product
www.facebook.com · Facebook
French patent publication for a rope stopper mechanism
French patent No 11 56973 / FR 2 978 515 · France · disclosed 2013-02-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the rope stopper was largely hidden in normal use, its appearance was solely dictated by technical function, and it lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosures.
- ›The holder filed observations and catalogue material after the deadline; the Division refused to take those late submissions into account.
- ›The Division found insufficient reliable evidence for the Article 8(1) and Article 4 objections, treated only the visible end and part of the spring as relevant, and accepted only the French patent as a prior disclosure.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division held the contested design was new and created a different overall impression on the informed user, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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