Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-20
000110941
Contested design: 007195672-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0071956720001 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
Rodin Textil SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Turda nr. 127, bl. 2, sc. C, ap. 91, sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Represented by
Cristina Adriana Vultur
Holder · RCD owner
Hakan Tekstil Inter S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Sat Dobroești, Comuna Dobroești, Str. Stejarului, Nr. 14C, CAMERA 2, Bloc 1, Etaj 2, Apartament 9., Ilfov, Romania
Represented by
Adrian Căvescu
Prior art cited (1)
two similar curtain-heading strip designs
OZAK DAR DOKUMA catalogue and website
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested curtain-heading design lacked novelty and individual character in light of two similar 2019 designs shown in OZAK DAR DOKUMA catalogue and website materials.
- ›The holder filed no timely admissible reply; its later claim that a faxed response had been sent was unsupported, so the late reply was declared inadmissible.
- ›The Division held the applicant failed to prove with solid and objective evidence that the earlier designs were disclosed before 6 November 2019, despite the catalogue being dated 2019.
- ›Because disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR was not proven, the invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(b) failed and the application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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