Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-27
000110764
Contested design: 002196394-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 002196394-0011 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)
triple power socket
index 0326-01 · Catalogue Elektro-Plast Nasielsk 2007, Osprzet Elektroinstalacyjny
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier triple power socket disclosed in a 2007 catalog and supported by invoices from several markets.
- ›Holder appointed a representative but filed no substantive observations within the time limit and later only sought more time and information about the proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design under Article 7, rejected the novelty ground, but found the shared features dominated the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), and the holder was ordered to bear the 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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