Invalidity · first instance · 2019-11-22
000107099
Contested design: 005843554-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 0058435540001. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xpertials, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C/ de la Creueta, 20P, 46138 Rafelbuñol (Valencia), España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ebir Iluminación S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Cl. Perello, 9, P.I. Masía del Juez, 46900 Valencia, España
Represented by
Julia Maldonado Jordán
Prior art cited (1)
Emin mirror (80X80)
xpertials baño Catálogo/Catalogue 2016; Leroy Merlin España order sheets
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier Emin mirror design disclosed in a 2016 catalogue and supporting Leroy Merlin order documents.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted that D1 had been disclosed before the contested filing date and found the designs not identical, so the novelty claim failed under Article 5.
- ›The Division found the broad design freedom and the shared dominant features created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberÁlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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