Invalidity · first instance · 2019-01-14
000010668
Contested design: 002748541-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder 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 002748541-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MAR-BUD spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Budownictwo spółka komandytowa
Poland (PL)
ul. Pawła Włodkowica 2C, 03-262 Warszawa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Fast Development.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Kanałowa 35, 40-748 Katowice, Poland
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the pipe-with-radiator design was not a proper protectable design, would be invisible in normal use in the intended heat exchanger, and had appearance features dictated entirely by technical function.
- ›The holder replied that the product could also be used visibly in spray coolers, radiators, or as an independent exchanger, that the registration sufficiently identified the product, and that the shape reflected non-technical design choices.
- ›The Division found Article 8(1) decisive: the only proven use was as an internal industrial heat-exchanger component, the appearance had no demonstrated aesthetic or marketing role, and the holder showed no independent design effort.
- ›It declared the RCD invalid under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 8(1), did not examine the Article 3(a) and Article 4(2) grounds further, and ordered the holder to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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