Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-26
000104581
Contested design: 004173987-0002
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 0041739870002 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)
flyer showing a carport, pergolas and other building units
flyer distributed with habiter.lu magazine and exhibition in Kirchberg, Luxembourg · disclosed 2015-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier BoZarc flyer disclosing a similar carport before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the flyer sufficiently proved prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and considered translation unnecessary given the evidence's self-explanatory nature.
- ›Comparing the designs side by side, the Division held that shared structural features dominated minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the 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 |
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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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