Invalidity · first instance · 2019-06-26
000104582
Contested design: 004173987-0003
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 0041739870003 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)
carport design shown in a promotional flyer with pergolas and other building units
habiter.lu flyer, October 2015 · habiter.lu magazine flyer; exhibited in Libramont, Belgium
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier carport design shown in an October 2015 habiter.lu flyer and exhibition materials.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the flyer as sufficient proof of prior disclosure before 31 August 2017 and found Article 7(2) CDR inapplicable.
- ›It found the shared structure, proportions, roof shape and gutters dominated the overall impression, while the beam count and small roof-top elements did not create individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
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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