Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-25
000011152
Contested design: 002730242-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002730242-0001 is declared invalid. The holders bear the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sevroll System Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
PL. Czerwca 1976r nr 1B, 02-495 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
BI-PLAST Magdalena Zimińska-Bielińska
Poland (PL)
Kazimierzowo 5E, 82-300 Elbląg, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
skirting board connecting structure of cabinet
CN 204181233 U · State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China; Espacenet · disclosed 2015-03-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and alternatively because the design features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›It relied mainly on Chinese utility model D1 and argued the contested RCD copied that earlier design; the holders filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a prior disclosure, rejected the novelty ground because the differences were not immaterial, but found no different overall impression for individual character.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, so the contested RCD was declared invalid and no further assessment of Article 8(1) was needed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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