Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-09
000102119
Contested design: 001835208-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0018352080001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hair tools limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Head Jog House - Netherfield Road – Ravensthorpe, WF13 3JY Dewsbury, Regno Unito
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Elchim S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Indipendenza 5, 20098 Milano, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
hair dryer
RCD No 00685250-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-04-17
hair dryer
RCD No 001697897-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2010-04-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier hair-dryer designs, chiefly D1.
- ›The holder argued the informed user was a professional hairstylist, technical constraints limited design freedom, and the contested design differed in its nozzle, handle, ring, and rear details.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as a prior disclosure, found the differences insufficient for novelty to fail only by immaterial detail, and rejected the novelty ground under Article 5.
- ›The Division held author freedom remained broad and the contested design created the same overall impression as D1 on the informed user, so it lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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