Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-27
000106301
Contested design: 005941960-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005941960-0005 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
Portuguese design No 5359 · Boletim da Propriedade Industrial · disclosed 2018-04-24
Facebook posts showing outdoor sports facilities
Facebook · disclosed 2018-06-05
Inov4Sports website images of outdoor sports facilities
Inov4Sports website · disclosed 2019-04-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on Portuguese design No 5359 and alleged prior public disclosures, arguing lack of novelty, lack of individual character, and conflict with an earlier national design right.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d)(ii) did not apply because registration and validity of the Portuguese design were not proven and the design had in any event been published before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›For novelty and individual character, the bulletin publication of design No 5359 counted as disclosure, but the internet images were disregarded and the compared designs were materially different, producing different overall impressions.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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| 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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