Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-18
000111121
Contested design: 003846518-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0038465180005 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lafat komerc d.o.o.via PDF extraction
BA
Industrijska zona bb, 57260 Kalesija, 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
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design was an internal component of pellet boilers and remained invisible during normal use, so it failed Article 4(2) CDR.
- ›The holder replied that the component was visible in use, especially through the glass door of certain fireplace models, and that cleaning-related access supported user familiarity with it.
- ›The Division held that cleaning was preparatory maintenance rather than normal use, but found the component partly visible during operation through the glass window of marketed products.
- ›Because visibility during normal use was proven for at least some commercialised complex products, the Article 25(1)(b) challenge failed and the application was rejected.
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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