Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-25
000113761
Contested design: 006373189-0001
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 0063731890001 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
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)
Czech gun 'vz. 58 V'
ISBN: 8090185347 · České zbraně a střelivo
Czech gun 'CZ 858 V'
Katalog zbraní a príslušenství, 2014; Produktový katalog, 2015 · Applicant's catalogues
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of Czech firearms, especially D1 shown in pre-2019 catalogues.
- ›Holder requested more time to respond, but the request was refused as late and no observations were filed in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed under Article 7 and found the contested firearm design shared its essential overall impression despite minor differences in barrel, handguard, colours, and materials.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character over D1, making examination of other grounds and prior designs unnecessary.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
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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