Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-27
000110763
Contested design: 002196394-0010
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s 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 002196394-0010 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)
double electrical outlet shown in the Elektro-Plast catalog, corroborated by 2010-2011 invoices
Catalogue Elektro-Plast Nasielsk 2007, page 34, index 0325-01 · Elektro-Plast Nasielsk catalog
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier double electrical outlet disclosed in its 2007 catalog and subsequent invoices.
- ›The holder appointed a representative but filed no substantive observations within the time limit and later only requested a new deadline and procedural information.
- ›The Division accepted the catalog and invoices as proof of prior disclosure before 5 March 2013, but found the earlier design did not disclose all features of the contested design for novelty purposes.
- ›The Division found the common features dominated the overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1).
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
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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