Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-06
000106279
Contested design: 005135464-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 005135464-0001 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
Otlav S.P.A.
Italy (IT)
Via Angelo Padovan, 2, 31025 Santa Lucia Di Piave, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Svenska Metallkompaniet AB
Sweden (SE)
Rallarvagen 23, 184 40 Akersberga, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (10)
Bolthaengsel hinge shown in Danish patent database excerpt
DK patent No 146696B · Danish Patent and Trademark Office · disclosed 1983-04-28
Fiskars hinge shown on archived website in the 'other products' section
http://www.fiskarssaranat.com · Internet Archive · disclosed 2005-04-06
Fiskars hinge shown in a catalogue dated 05/2001 and in an archived copy of that page
Fiskars catalogue page 30 · Fiskars / Internet Archive · disclosed 2005-05-17
Cemom hinge model 192-00-00 A shown on archived website and in Cemom Moatti catalogue pages 9-10
http://www.cemom.fr · Internet Archive / Cemom Moatti catalogue · disclosed 2006-11-24
TBM hinge shown in a 2006 catalogue and archived catalogue page
TBM catalogue page · Internet Archive / TBM catalogue · disclosed 2007-02-04
Hinges shown on archived Herser Grupp website
http://www.hersergrupp.eu · Internet Archive · disclosed 2012-04-23
Hinges shown on archived Lukuexpert website
http://www.lukuexpert.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2013-10-19
Hinges shown on archived Fiskostar website
http://www.fiskostar.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2014-03-27
Hinges shown on archived Martval website
http://www.martval.ee · Internet Archive · disclosed 2016-07-30
OTLAV hinge shown in the 2010 'Catologo Italiano' catalogue and archived online copy
Catologo Italiano · mp-loks.ru / Internet Archive · disclosed 2017-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that similar hinge designs had been publicly disclosed through patents, catalogues and archived websites since 1983.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the Fiskars hinge and found that, despite functional constraints, hinges and window fittings still allow broad design freedom.
- ›Because the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior Fiskars hinge, it lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- 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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