Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-19
000113662
Contested design: 006880027-0002
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0068800270002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jers Portugal, Ldavia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Travessa Dr. Francisco Machado Owen, 55, 4715022 Braga Portugal
Represented by
José Luis Sousa Menezes
Holder · RCD owner
José Joaquim Durães
Portugal (PT)
Rua do Seixo, n.º 229, 4860 064 Arco de Baúlhe, Portugal
Represented by
Abel Dário Pinto de Oliveira
Prior art cited (1)
electronic candle 'GE-300F'
https://www.facebook.com/lumandlelimited/post/ · Facebook profile of the Chinese manufacturer, corroborated by invoices · disclosed 2016-05-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior disclosure of the GE-300F electronic candle before the RCD filing date.
- ›The applicant filed Facebook material, emails, a price list, and Portuguese invoices to show public disclosure and trade use of the earlier candle design.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division found the Facebook posts and invoices sufficiently proved disclosure under Article 7 and held the compared designs identical apart from an immaterial bulb-tip detail.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
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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