Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-11
000105701
Contested design: 005646502-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005646502-0002 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
S.C. Minet Conf S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Catanestilor nr. 49A, Ramnicu Valcea, jud.Valcea, Romania
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ramtex Production S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Strada Doctor Hecman nr 9, Ramnicu Valcea, Romania
Represented by
Bogdan Alecu
Prior art cited (3)
fabric ornamentation shown on the applicant website
http://www.minetconf.ro · Wayback Machine / minetconf.ro · disclosed 2014-09-13
applicant catalogue showing the same fabric ornamentation
applicant catalogue
product catalogue publication showing the same fabric ornamentation
www.issuu.com · Issuu · disclosed 2014-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that its fabric ornamentation had been publicly disclosed before the contested RCD filing date through its catalogue, Issuu publication, website archive, and related manufacturing documents.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not dispute disclosure or the claimed lack of novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division found the website archive, catalogue, and Issuu materials, read together, provided solid and objective proof of prior public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The contested design reproduced the same twisted rope-like rectangular ornamentation as the earlier design, so it lacked novelty and the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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