Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-30
000104699
Contested design: 004592152-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of the contested RCD is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004592152-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Budmat Bogdan Więcekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Otolińska 25, 09-407 Płock, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
P. W. BUD-MASZ Maciej Stachlewskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
3 Maja 37, 95-083 Lutomiersk, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
roof sheet
RCD No 002733287-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-09-23
Murano roof sheet
price list · disclosed 2016-02-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on earlier RCD D1 and Murano roof sheet D2 and argued identical appearance and lack of individual character.
- ›Holder said only the drawings mattered and pointed to differences in the separating elements and technical constraints of roof sheets.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and the dated D2 price-list image but found the flat-topped separating elements materially different.
- ›Novelty and individual-character attacks failed, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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