Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-15
000103539
Contested design: 005322013-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005322013-0001 is declared invalid.
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
- ›The applicant argued that the hose-joint design lacked novelty and individual character over a micropoint gas hose disclosed online, sold to the holder and shown in a 2015 test report.
- ›The holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the archived website, invoices and test report as sufficient proof of prior disclosure but found the differences enough to preserve novelty.
- ›Because the shared arbitrary features dominated despite limited designer freedom, the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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