Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-14
000105760
Contested design: 002377911-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002377911-0002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Akces-Med Spółka z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Jasionka 955B, 36-002 Jasionka, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
PATRON Bohemia a.s.
Czechia (CZ)
Českolipská 3419, 27601 Mělnik, Czechia
Represented by
Dušan Kendereški
Prior art cited (2)
Jacko perambulator shown in several colours
RehaGirona catalogue 2011-2012 · RehaGirona
Archived web page showing the Jacko perambulator in various colours
www.rehagirona.com · rehagirona.com via web archiving services · disclosed 2012-06-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Jacko special-needs stroller disclosures from a 2011-2012 catalogue and an archived 2012 website.
- ›The holder disputed whether the earlier design had been properly disclosed and argued that differences in wheels, chassis, upholstery and other components changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division found the catalogue and archived website sufficient to prove public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and considered the designer’s freedom in perambulators broadly preserved overall.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division held that the similarities overwhelmingly dominated and the minor visual differences did not create a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested RCD was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOSI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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