Invalidity · first instance · 2019-05-06
000102199
Contested design: 002969998-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002969998-0002 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Bartosz Stanisławski, trading as Bluenar S.C.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Słowackiego 16/2, 59330 Ścinawa, Poland
Represented by
Tomasz Szelwiga
Holder · RCD owner
Anna Wójcik trading as F.P.H.U. Maxstone S.C.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Bratkówka 131, 38-406 Odrzykoń, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Sas
Prior art cited (16)
prefabricated components, concrete elements, wall beams and parts thereof, interior furnishing panels
RCD No 0025499070001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-01-02
decorative panels for building, linings for building
National design No 03962 · Official Bulletin of the Polish Patent Office · disclosed 2004-01-30
decorative panels for building, linings for building
RCD No 0013971780003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-01-20
decorative panels for building, linings for building
RCD No 0013971780002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-01-20
decorative panels for building, linings for building
RCD No 0013971780003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-01-20
decorative panels for building, linings for building
RCD No 0013788710001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-08-08
wall beams and parts thereof, interior furnishing panels, building blocks
RCD No 0025500460001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-01-02
ceramic tiles for building
RCD No 0029531250002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-02-01
ceramic tiles for building
RCD No 0029531250002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-02-01
ceramic tiles for building
RCD No 0029495860008 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-03-03
tile called 'Roma Sahara'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2010-09-01
tile called 'Murano'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2014-11-07
tile called 'Livorno white'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2014-11-07
tile called 'Venezia'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2015-03-11
tile called 'Mayon'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2014-04-07
tile called 'Celtic CE4'
promoceny.pl · disclosed 2009-08-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on sixteen earlier design and web disclosures for decorative tiles or panels.
- ›Holder argued the contested decorative panel differed in shape, size, surface features, and decorative elements, so it remained new and had individual character.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D16, including the website evidence, but found the compared designs differed in layout, stone pattern, shape, dimensions, colour, and materials.
- ›Because none of the prior designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, the contested RCD retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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