Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-26
000111261
Contested design: 001470041-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001470041-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zakład Produkcji Folii Efekt Plus Sp. z o. o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Złota 44/334, 00-120 Warszawa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Folpol Robert Barzyk, Jacek Cyganvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mikołaja Reja 6, 05-532 Wólka Załęska, Poland
Prior art cited (2)
stretch film with folded edges / overlaps at the edges allegedly offered and sold by the applicant
machine seller invoice and statement, website printouts, invoices, and sample foil
Stretch film having heat-sealed edges (figure 3)
EP 1 095 759 · European Patent Office patent database; Bulletin 2001/18 · disclosed 2001-05-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested stretch-film design lacked novelty over its earlier foil disclosures and EP 1 095 759, and that the edge overlaps were solely technically dictated.
- ›No holder observations or defence are recorded in the decision text.
- ›The Division found the technical-function attack unproven because the applicant did not show the foil shape and overlap proportions were chosen solely for function.
- ›Annexes 1-17 did not sufficiently prove disclosure of a prior design, while the patent disclosure was accepted but not identical to the contested RCD.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| 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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