Invalidity · first instance · 2019-11-27
000105759
Contested design: 002377911-0001
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 002377911-0001 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
Akces-Med Spółka z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Jasionka 955B, 36-002 Jasionka, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
PATRON Bohemia a.s.
Czechia (CZ)
Českolipská 3419, 27601 Mělnik, Czechia
Represented by
Dušan Kendereški
Prior art cited (2)
'CORZINO' perambulator/stroller shown on pages 16-17
RehaGirona CATÁLOGO 2011-2012 · RehaGirona catalogue
'CORZINO' perambulator/stroller shown on the RehaGirona website
www.rehagirona.com · rehagirona.com via web archiving services · disclosed 2011-09-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier CORZINO stroller disclosures in a 2011-2012 RehaGirona catalogue and an archived 8 September 2011 webpage.
- ›The holder disputed proof of disclosure and argued that several visible features were new, while the informed user would focus on specific wheel, chassis, upholstery, and seat-sidewall differences.
- ›The Division found the catalogue and archived webpage sufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7 and held that the designer's freedom for perambulators remained broadly unconstrained overall.
- ›Because the designs created the same overall impression apart from minor or insignificant differences, the contested RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALEPRIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
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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