Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-27
000110762
Contested design: 002196394-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 002196394-0009 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire support les frais exposés par la demanderesse, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Elektro-Plast Tadeusz Czachorowski sp. jvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Płońska 18, 05-190 Nasielsk, Pologne
Represented by
Ewa Grenda
Holder · RCD owner
Lohuis Romania Impex srlvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
B-dul Iuliu Maniu nr. 528, etaj 1, sector 6, 061129 Bucarest, Roumanie
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
single electrical socket
Catalogue Elektro-Plast Nasielsk 2007, index 0324-01 · Elektro-Plast Nasielsk catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Elektro-Plast socket disclosed in its 2007 catalogue and supported by invoices from 2004, 2010, and 2011.
- ›The holder appointed a representative but filed no observations within the time limit, later requesting a new deadline and information about the ongoing invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division found the earlier socket had been publicly disclosed before 5 March 2013 through the 2007 catalogue and commercial invoices, so Article 7 disclosure was proven.
- ›Although novelty failed because some details differed, the common protected features created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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