Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-29
000103559
Contested design: 005511573-0001
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 005511573-0001 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
BES Yapi Limited
Türkiye (TR)
Çarşı Mah. Kıyı Sk. No: 2/A Yakacık Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Midbrass Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
Midbrass Building, Mill Road, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1NP, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Micropoint Gas Cooker Hose - EN14800
http://midbrass.co.uk · Internet Archive / midbrass.co.uk · disclosed 2015-09-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested hose connector design lacked novelty and individual character because the same micropoint gas hose had been publicly sold, shown online, and tested before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive page, corroborated by invoices and a test report, as solid evidence of public disclosure by 6 September 2015.
- ›The Division found novelty was not destroyed by immaterial-detail identity, but the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier hose design and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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