Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-04
000109761
Contested design: 005638939-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0056389390001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Graça & Mendes, Lda.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Lugar de Carreiro, Palmeira, 4700 Braga, Portugal
Represented by
Vera Alves
Holder · RCD owner
Jacinto João Faria Oliveira
Portugal (PT)
Rua St. António da Fonte, nº 1, 4740357 Fão, Portugal
Represented by
André Pereira Branco
Prior art cited (1)
parasols, umbrella-sunshades, garden or beach parasols
Community design registration No 0040024590001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on its earlier parasol RCD and alleging the holder marketed essentially identical parasols.
- ›Holder argued its parasols predated the applicant's publication, the designs were not identical, and any similarities reflected common parasol features found widely on the market.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, discounted unproven product photographs, and found the compared parasols shared the same overall impression despite minor differences in finial, rib ends, colours, and shape.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b); the contested RCD was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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