Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-08
000106579
Contested design: 004055408-0001
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 004055408-0001 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
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
Multi-Edge · YouTube; product material; invoices
EverEdge lawn edger
EverEdge - How to install EverEdge & landscape edging · YouTube · disclosed 2013-12-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested lawn-edger design lacked novelty and individual character over its Multi-Edge product and the EverEdge product, and that key features were dictated solely by technical function.
- ›Holder replied that Multi-Edge was not disclosed before the priority date, EverEdge evidence was weak or undated, the spike design differed materially, and designer freedom was not significantly constrained.
- ›The Division found no evidence that the contested design's features were solely dictated by technical function and accepted only the EverEdge YouTube disclosure as prior art under Article 7.
- ›Comparing the disclosed EverEdge design with the contested RCD, the Division held the rounded versus angular spike shapes created a different overall impression, so the RCD remained new and had individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| 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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