Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-14
000105999
Contested design: 005833761-0001
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 005833761-0001 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
ISSG Sports Innovations, Lda.
Portugal (PT)
Rua Quinta do Gato Bravo, 5-G, Zona Industrial Vale Flores, 2810-069 Feijó, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sports Partner
Portugal (PT)
Estrada da Pernigem, nº 26, São João das Lampas, 2705-726 Lisboa, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
square grid plate
Chinese design No 201630615227.7 · DesignView database · disclosed 2017-07-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the holder was allegedly not entitled to the design and because an earlier Chinese design destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Chinese design from DesignView and found the contested flooring design reproduced all significant prior-design features.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character over the prior design, so the RCD was declared invalid and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
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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