Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-19
000114003
Contested design: 006880027-0007
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.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0068800270007 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
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)
Electric candle GE-600 shown in Facebook posts from the applicant's Chinese manufacturer and supported by invoices.
Facebook account of the applicant's Chinese manufacturer · disclosed 2018-09-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior disclosure and sales of electric candle GE-600 before the RCD filing date.
- ›The applicant submitted Facebook posts, email correspondence, and invoices to show prior public disclosure and sales, including sales to the holder.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the Division accepted the applicant's unrebutted facts and evidence regarding disclosure.
- ›The Division found the prior design identical to the contested RCD, held the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
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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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