Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-29
000108039
Contested design: 004055499-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0040554990001 è dichiarato nullo. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Artelvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Villagrande 234, 61024 Mombaroccio (PU), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
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Italy (IT)
Via Jesi 46, 61122 Pesaro, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Extract from the 2012/2013 Lube kitchens price list showing a cooker hood model.
K114-I · Lube price list 2012/2013
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cooker-hood design had been disclosed before filing through earlier Lube materials and was identical or, at least, lacked individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 2012/2013 Lube price-list extract as proof of prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the shared cone-like shape, filter perforation pattern, lights, and protruding rim decisive, while colour and mounting differences did not alter the overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJessica LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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