Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-18
000110983
Contested design: 003846518-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0038465180004 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
Lafat komerc d.o.o.via PDF extraction
BA
Industrijska zona bb, Kalesija 57260, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
SC Biodome Europe srlvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Str. Florilor 4, sc. A, ap 20, Sighisoara, Judetul Mures, Sighisoara, Romania
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design was an internal boiler component that never remained visible during normal use once incorporated into the pellet boiler.
- ›Holder accepted it was an internal component but argued users saw relevant parts during regular cleaning, which it said formed part of normal use.
- ›The Division found cleaning was maintenance or a preparatory step, not normal use, and the component stayed hidden during the boiler's effective operation.
- ›The application was upheld because the design failed Article 4 visibility requirements and was invalid under Article 25(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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