Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-15
000112542
Contested design: 007864160-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered Community design No 007864160-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1) la demande en nullité est accueillie. 2.ledessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré no-007864160 0001 est déclaré nul.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cemprox GmbH
Germany (DE)
Haberstraße 46, 42551 Velbert, Allemagne
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Arsat Industrie Srl
Romania (RO)
strada 601, nr 53, 317235 Pecica, Roumanie
Represented by
Andrei Ghinea
Prior art cited (1)
sanitising liquid dispenser
RCD No 007844345-0006 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-04-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 007844345-0006, published before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued both pedal-operated sanitiser dispensers were shaped by public-health needs and technical constraints, and that their overall impressions differed.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was sufficiently disclosed, the designer's freedom was not materially constrained, and the shared tubular body, pedal, and tube dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the invalidity application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| 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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