Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-02
000106399
Contested design: 002168971-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 002168971-0002 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 002168971-0002 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
Marmi Scala s.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via Prealpi 21, 37023 Stallavena (VR), Italy
Represented by
Magdalena Tarała
Holder · RCD owner
MT Ltd. Spółka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnością
Poland (PL)
ul. Grzybowska 87, 00-844 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Włodzimierz Januszkiewicz
Prior art cited (1)
windowsill decorative surface shown on an archived website extract
wymianaokien.eu · Internet Archive / wymianaokien.eu · disclosed 2011-06-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested windowsill design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier internet-disclosed windowsill surfaces and that the rectangular shape was commonplace or technically constrained.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 3 as a prior web disclosure under Article 7 and treated the contested design's protection as lying mainly in its decorative surface.
- ›Minor differences in shade, grain arrangement and rectangular depiction did not alter the very similar overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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