Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-27
000106281
Contested design: 005941960-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005941960-0006 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
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 (3)
multipurpose sports precinct / sporting facility (recinto deportivo)
Portuguese design No 5359 · Boletim da Propriedade Industrial · disclosed 2018-04-24
outdoor sports facilities allegedly embodying the earlier design
Facebook screenshots dated 05/06/2018 and 24/11/2018 · Facebook
outdoor sports facilities allegedly embodying the earlier design
Inov4Sports website screenshot · Inov4Sports website · disclosed 2019-04-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity based on Portuguese design No 5359, alleging conflict with a prior registered design right and lack of novelty and individual character.
- ›Applicant also relied on bulletin extracts, Facebook posts and a website; the holder filed no observations in response.
- ›The Division admitted the Portuguese bulletin evidence only to a limited extent, rejected the internet images as insufficient disclosure, and found Article 25(1)(d)(ii) inapplicable on the proven facts.
- ›Comparing the registered designs, the Division found material differences in field layout, wall treatment, goal and basket framing, and lighting, so the contested RCD remained novel and had individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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