Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-28
000106459
Contested design: 006264420-0001
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 006264420-0001 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
Frgroup Societa' a Responsabilita' Limitata Semplificatavia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Dei Barberi 106, 58100 Grosseto (GR), Italy
Represented by
Antonio Barbera, Gianfranco Passalacqua
Holder · RCD owner
Silentsystem España
Spain (ES)
carrer Doctor Gil i Morte 24, 46007 Valencia, Spain
Prior art cited (1)
earlier Community design registration
RCD No 005260130-0001 · EUIPO database · disclosed 2012-05-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, relying on earlier Community design No 005260130-0001.
- ›The holder argued the application did not satisfy Article 25(1)(d) because the invoked design had been registered and published before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The Division held the application was solely based on Article 25(1)(d) and that the invoked earlier design could not qualify because it was made available to the public before, not after, the contested filing date.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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