Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-28
000105719
Contested design: 005844206-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005844206-0001 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
Jabier Penas Marañonvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Arene 25 3º C Algorta (Bizkaia), 48991 Algorta, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Afishal Music Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit 2 Midway, Redbourn Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP2 7BB, United Kingdom
Represented by
Michael Philip Downing
Prior art cited (1)
design for stands or percussion-instrument equipment relied on as the earlier design
United Kingdom national design No 5002179 · United Kingdom designs journal
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier UK design No 5002179, arguing broad designer freedom in stands for percussion instruments.
- ›The holder argued the contested RCD differed materially and relied on its own earlier UK priority filing No 6041780 and registration certificate.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier UK design but found the compared designs were not identical and that additional rear panels and other visible differences changed the overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 5 and 6 CDR failed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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