Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-25
000104580
Contested design: 004173987-0001
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 0041739870001 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
Iparlux S.à.r.l.via PDF extraction
LU
4A, rue de l’Ouest, 2273 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
BoZarc
Belgium (BE)
Boomsesteenweg 41 bus2, 2630 Aartselaar, Belgium
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
earlier carport design shown in BoZarc flyers and public exhibitions
habiter.lu flyers; exhibitions in Kirchberg, Luxembourg and Libramont, Belgium · disclosed 2015-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier BoZarc carport design disclosed in October 2015 flyers and exhibitions.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the flyers and exhibition details as solid evidence that the earlier design had been disclosed before 31/08/2017 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because the designs shared the same essential structure and overall impression, the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
Decision files
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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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