Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-03
000102200
Contested design: 003424043-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003424043-0001 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
Massag, a.s.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Opavská 272, 74301 Bílovec, the Czech Republic
Represented by
Pavel Nádvorník
Holder · RCD owner
Massag UK Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
72 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0BC, United Kingdom
Represented by
Pavel Panák
Prior art cited (1)
mounting brackets
RCD No 003421403-0002 · disclosed 2016-10-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on an earlier RCD, alleging the contested design lacked novelty and individual character and conflicted with its prior registered design and copyrighted work.
- ›The holder filed no observations on the merits, but submitted emails and drawings about the 'SL End Bungs' design process; the applicant said those emails were irrelevant.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD qualified as a prior right under Article 25(1)(d) CDR and that designer freedom was not severely restricted.
- ›Because the compared designs were identical and created the same overall impression, the contested RCD was declared invalid under Article 25(1)(d) CDR without examining the other grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
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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