Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-03
000104583
Contested design: 004173987-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 0041739870004 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
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The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0041739870004 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 shown in a flyer distributed with the magazine habiter.lu
habiter.lu flyer and exhibition in Libramont, Belgium · disclosed 2015-10-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier carport design disclosed in a 2015 promotional flyer and exhibition.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the flyer and exhibition evidence sufficiently proved prior disclosure before 31/08/2017 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Shared structural features dominated the overall impression; the extra roof elements and different beam count were minor despite broad design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character; the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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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