Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-29
000111001
Contested design: 001865197-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001865197-0001 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
Laboratorium Organiczne ‘LAB’ Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Darwina 3, 43-603 Jaworzno, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Grande Finale Gabriela Myślakvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Malczewskiego 150, 80-114 Gdańsk, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
postoperative dressing for dogs and cats
PL 4786 · Polish Patent Office, Wiadomości Urzędu Patentowego · disclosed 2004-05-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over Polish design registration PL 4786 and argued the pocket and other shared features were function-driven.
- ›The holder replied that the contested design differs in back coverage, fastening, paw-hole spacing, sleeve ornamentation, and a decorative pocket, producing a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of PL 4786, rejected the Article 8(1) objection, and found the earlier design was not identical because visible differences were not immaterial.
- ›The Division found sufficient designer freedom and held that the contested design created a different overall impression, so the invalidity application was rejected with costs to the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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