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.
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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