Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-19
000101599
Contested design: 003065887-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0030658870001 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
Sigmatron Eoodvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Edison str. No 35, 1111 Sofia, Bulgaria
Represented by
Atanas Kostov
Holder · RCD owner
T&D Control Systemsvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Primorski Region, residential complex Izgrev No 865, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Represented by
Plamen Priparzhenski
Prior art cited (1)
channel annunciator 'LSB6' / signalling devices with emergency lamp, illuminated signalling device, signalling apparatus, signal lights
RCD No 002747527-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-08-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier RCD for the LSB6 channel annunciator.
- ›The holder relied on Bulgarian and EUIPO decisions, argued the designs differed in graphics, colours, and side and rear features, and claimed limited design freedom.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed, but the differences were not immaterial, so the novelty ground failed.
- ›It held the shared six-section front-panel layout dominated the overall impression, the side and rear differences mattered less in normal use, and the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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