Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-06
000106800
Contested design: 004539302-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application 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 004539302-0003 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
ESSAtech s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Pristoupim 85, 28201 Pristoupim, Czech Republic
Represented by
Jaroslav Novotný
Holder · RCD owner
ADS Leszek Kowalik, Bartłomiej Włodarczyk spółka cywilnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul.Joachima Lelewela 23, 41-219 Sosnowiec, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
Images of similar products with links to different websites, submitted in the rejoinder to show earlier disclosures.
different websites
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR with Articles 8(1) and 8(2), arguing the design's circular elements, connecting strip, circuit placement and colour were technically dictated.
- ›The holder replied that the applicant had not substantiated any lack of individual character and that the same technical function could be achieved with different shapes producing a different visual impression.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not produced sufficiently solid evidence that all essential features were solely dictated by technical function under Article 8(1).
- ›Although the round elements appeared necessary to fit around a round battery for interoperability purposes under Article 8(2), that did not justify invalidating the design as a whole.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- 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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