Invalidity · first instance · 2018-10-09
000101739
Contested design: 004406916-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0044069160004 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Imperial Sp. z.o.o. Sp.K
Poland (PL)
Kołobrzeska 8E, 78-200 Białogard, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dariusz Król
Poland (PL)
Kochanowskiego 55, 78-200 Białogard, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
2008 catalogue showing the earlier lighting profile design
applicant's product catalogue
Technical drawings for lighting profiles / fittings
29144 · technical drawings
Sales invoices for lighting fittings marked 29144
Invoice Nos. 287329 and 404912 · sales invoices · disclosed 2008-09-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested lighting-fixture design lacked novelty and individual character, reflected the applicant's earlier product, and also infringed copyright and public policy.
- ›The applicant relied on a 2008 catalogue, technical drawings numbered 29144, and 2008-2009 sales invoices; the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the evidence coherent and sufficient to prove disclosure of the earlier design before the RCD filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It held the compared designs identical apart from immaterial holes or dots, so the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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