Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-29
000113027
Contested design: 000363486-0028
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 000363486-0028 is declared invalid; the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado nº 000363486-0028. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Canalones Novokanal, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de Huelva, 6 Nave 5, Pol. Ind. La Carrehuela, 28343 Valdemoro (Madrid), España
Represented by
Javier Ungría López
Holder · RCD owner
Canalones Castilla S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Embalse n°5, 28607 El Álamo (Madrid), España
Prior art cited (1)
water-collection downpipe with four longitudinal grooves
DM 020 105 · OMPI · disclosed 1991-09-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design did not meet the design definition and, in any event, lacked individual character over earlier prior art including international design DM 020 105.
- ›The holder requested rejection, relied on earlier Spanish court judgments, and said the product had been authorised and adapted to technical requirements requested by the applicant's company.
- ›The Division held that the Article 8 technical-function argument was inadmissible because it was raised late, and that the cited WIPO international design had been validly disclosed before the priority date.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom, the minor differences in groove spacing and the welding fold did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 of the CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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