Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-25
000011197
Contested design: 003521053-0013
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003521053-0013 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Calitex S.A.
France (FR)
70, rue de Douai, 59405 Cambrai Cedex, France
Represented by
David Lefranc
Holder · RCD owner
Van Der Haegen & Neckebroeck, BVBAvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Pamelstraat Oost 450, 9400 Ninove, Belgium
Represented by
Christian Defauw
Prior art cited (1)
plastic tablecloth design marketed as 'Graphisme'
TB 1636 · Manhing catalogue for 2014-2015
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested tablecloth design lacked novelty and later individual character because the same design had been disclosed and marketed by Chinese suppliers before 15 December 2016.
- ›Holder said it had commissioned the design earlier, only authorised manufacture, never transferred design rights, and that the applicant's evidence did not prove a public disclosure attributable to a third party.
- ›The Division held the alleged manufacturer-to-manufacturer transfer and later 2016 acts were either confidential or covered by the Article 7 grace-period derogation for unauthorised disclosures.
- ›The remaining 2014-2015 Manhing catalogue pages were not sufficiently reliable or proven to have reached the relevant EU sector, so prior disclosure was not established and the application failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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