Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-26
000101559
Contested design: 002634741-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicants' costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002634741-0002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicants’ costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grzegorz Raczkiewicz
Poland (PL)
ul. Dmowskiego 25/31/1, 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Coffee Service Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Niemcewicza 26/U7, 02-306 Warsaw, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wrapping (packaging)
RCD No 002421495-0002 · Office bulletin · disclosed 2014-11-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b), arguing that the contested packaging reproduced earlier RCD No 002421495-0002 and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder filed no timely defence; its restitutio in integrum request was refused because it showed neither proof of failed fax submissions nor all due care.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed before filing; novelty failed, but the shared shape, window, valve and opening mechanism created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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