Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-08
000106559
Contested design: 004055408-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004055408-0002 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
Aggregates International B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Bedrijvenstraat 2ª, 4283JH Giessen, Netherlands
Represented by
Vincent Veldhuis
Holder · RCD owner
COREgravel UK Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Units 1-3 Calves Lane Yard Bellswood Lane, Iver Buckinghamshire SL0 0LU, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Multi-Edge lawn edger
YouTube materials and invoices
EverEdge lawn edger
YouTube video 'EverEdge – How to install EverEdge & landscape edging' · YouTube · disclosed 2013-12-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and argued that the spike and edging features were dictated solely by technical function.
- ›The holder said the Multi-Edge evidence post-dated or failed to prove prior disclosure, the EverEdge design created a different overall impression, and Article 8(1) was unsupported.
- ›The Division found no evidence that the contested features were solely technically dictated, rejected Multi-Edge as unproven prior disclosure, and accepted only the EverEdge YouTube disclosure.
- ›The Division held the contested design was new and had individual character over EverEdge, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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