Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-23
000113664
Contested design: 002631580-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0026315800001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Česká zbrojovka a.s.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Svatopluka Čecha 1283, 688 27 Uherský Brod, Czech Republic
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Czech Small Arms
Czechia (CZ)
Jablunka 651, 756 23 Jabkunka, Czech Republic
Prior art cited (2)
gun design named 'CZ 858 Tactical'
2009/2010 catalogue, p. 48 · applicant's 2009/2010 catalogue
gun design named 'CZ 858 P/V'
2014 catalogue · applicant's 2014 catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested gun design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier CZ 858 gun designs had been disclosed in its 2009/2010 and 2014 catalogues.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's disclosure evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogues as credible trade disclosures under Article 7 and treated the earlier CZ 858 design as publicly available before the filing date.
- ›It found only minor grip and colour differences, no different overall impression on the informed user, and invalidated the RCD with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
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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