Invalidity · first instance · 2020-05-26
000105881
Contested design: 001379754-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 001379754-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dragflow S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Satiro, 11, 37121 Verona, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lännen MCE Oy
Finland (FI)
Hirvikoskentie 242, 32210 Loimaa, Finland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Watermaster Classic IV dredger disclosed in the holder's 2011 and 2012 newsletters
http://www.watermaster.fi · Watermaster website / Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2012-07-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the same Watermaster Classic IV design had been disclosed online in the holder's 2011 and 2012 newsletters before the grace period.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure timing and the reliability of Wayback Machine evidence, and argued the newsletter machines differed in the support arms and claws on the floats.
- ›The Division accepted the newsletters and archived website evidence as sufficient proof of prior public disclosure and found no material visual differences between the earlier machine and the contested design.
- ›The RCD lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b), so the invalidity application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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