Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-16
000107139
Contested design: 004068112-0020
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid; the holder must bear 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 004068112-0020 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
Semir Raad Marokivia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Faurei nr. 5, bloc C9, sc. C, ap. 82, Bucuresti, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
SC Gold Glass SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
SC GOLD GLASS SRL Str. Lt. Col. Dumitru Papazoglu, Nr. 60, Et. 2, Ap. 10, Sector 3, 031203 Bucharest, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
RCD No 0038506010030 · Office bulletin · disclosed 2017-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 0038506010030.
- ›The holder argued the product had been sold for years and challenged the validity of the applicant's earlier design, submitting catalogues and invoices.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed by publication before the contested filing date and treated the holder's attack on it as irrelevant here.
- ›Because the compared designs were identical in all perceivable features, the contested RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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