Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-14
000105700
Contested design: 005646502-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 005646502-0001 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 005646502-0001 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
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 consisting of crossing dotted lines forming rectangular shapes
www.issuu.com · issuu.com product catalogue · disclosed 2014-10-22
fabric ornamentation consisting of crossing dotted lines forming rectangular shapes
applicant catalogue
fabric ornamentation consisting of crossing dotted lines forming rectangular shapes
http://www.minetconf.ro · Wayback Machine / applicant website · disclosed 2015-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested fabric design had been disclosed before filing through its catalogue, its website, and an issuu.com publication, so the RCD lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the substantive invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division found the combined web and catalogue evidence sufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7 before the RCD filing date.
- ›Because the earlier ornamentation showed all features of the contested design, the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5 and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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