Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-14
000107800
Contested design: 004068112-0011
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 004068112-0011 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
Semir Raad Marokivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucuresti, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
SC Gold Glass SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, Et.2, Ap. 10, Sector 3 Bucharest, 031203 Romania
Prior art cited (1)
glass plate
RCD No 003850601-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier RCD No 003850601-0005.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through publication of the earlier RCD and found broad designer freedom for glass plates.
- ›Because the contested design reproduced the prior plate's circular shape and striking decorative elements, it lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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