Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-16
000106939
Contested design: 005824869-0001
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 005824869-0001 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
Felix Severin Mackvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Oberer Metzgerbach 29, 73728 Esslingen, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
DUOLLA s.c. Aleksandra Pacho, Aleksandra Sosnowska-Krywultvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Tadeusza Kościuszki 55, 42-290 Blachownia, Poland
Represented by
AAK Kancelaria Prawna i Patentowa radca prawny rzecznik patentowy europejski rzecznik patentowy
Anna Korbela
Prior art cited (1)
lamp
RCD No 002947721-0001 · EUIPO register publication · disclosed 2016-01-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, relying on its earlier RCD No 002947721-0001 and alleging the holders were selling copies of its lamp designs.
- ›Holders argued the contested design's dotted-line disclaimer narrowed its scope and contended the applicant's earlier design was itself invalid and prior disclosed.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) requires the prior design to have been made available to the public after the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›Because the cited earlier RCD was published before the contested design was filed, the legal conditions of Article 25(1)(d) were not met.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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