Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-16
000011138
Contested design: 001292122-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001292122-0002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
B&Bartoni, spol. s r.o.
Czechia (CZ)
Doubravička 18, 294 30 Dolní Cetno, Czech Republic
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hypertherm, Inc.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
P.O. Box 5010, Etna Road, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
international patent application showing a nozzle design relied on against the contested RCD
WO 2009/062205 A2 · WIPO · disclosed 2009-05-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the nozzle was a component part of a complex product, was not visible in normal use, and lacked novelty over earlier patent disclosures, especially WO 2009/062205.
- ›The holder replied that the nozzle was a consumable rather than a component part of a complex product, that replacement and purchase formed part of normal use, and that the prior design was materially different.
- ›The Division held that the nozzle was a component part of a complex product but remained at least partly visible during normal use in an unshielded configuration, so Article 4(2) did not exclude protection.
- ›It accepted WO 2009/062205 as prior disclosure but found non-immaterial differences in the visible features of the compared nozzles, so the novelty attack failed and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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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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