Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-24
000010973
Contested design: 004068112-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004068112-0008 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
Semir Raad Maroki
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucharest, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
SC Gold Glass SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, Et. 2, Ap. 10, Sector 3 031203 Bucharest, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
transparent glass plate with a floral pattern resembling roses
RCD No 003850601-0028 · EUIPO Office Bulletin · disclosed 2017-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 003850601-0028.
- ›The holder argued the product had been marketed for years, monopoly over a glass plate was unjustified, and the earlier design itself lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division held the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed through publication before the contested filing date.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found the same plate shape and rose-like decoration, so the contested RCD was identical to the prior design and lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay the applicant's fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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