Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-06
000104379
Contested design: 004592061-0001
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 004592061-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vojenský technický ústav, s.p.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Mladoboleslavska 944, 197 00 Praha 9 – Kbely, Czech Republic
Holder · RCD owner
Zakłady Mechaniczne "TARNÓW" S.A.
Poland (PL)
ul. Kochanowskiego 30, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
ANTOS mortar (earlier version)
Czech design registration No 28915 · Czech Industrial Property Office · disclosed 1999-08-04
60 mm ANTOS mortar
Czech utility model No 30351 · Czech Industrial Property Office · disclosed 2017-02-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on the ANTOS mortar, Czech registrations, trade-fair and media evidence, and also raised morality, bad-faith, and copyright claims.
- ›Holder challenged disclosure, translations, similarity, and the copyright basis.
- ›The Division treated morality and bad-faith allegations as inadmissible, accepted disclosure mainly from Czech registration records, but found clear design differences and no identifiable copyright work.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded to the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
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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