Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-05
000114221
Contested design: 002439935-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0024399350001 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
Van Huet Glastransport Polska spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Nadrzeczna 1, 24262 Kolonia-Poczesna, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Adam Pasternak
Poland (PL)
ul. Egejska 11/76, 02764 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
transport rack for sheets of glass
Annex 3 YouTube video stills · YouTube · disclosed 2012-07-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that four earlier designs disclosed before 4 April 2014 anticipated or produced the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed observations out of time, so its response was not taken into account and it did not rebut the disclosure evidence.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 3 as proving disclosure of prior design D3 through YouTube video stills published on 31 July 2012.
- ›The Division found broad designer freedom within functional constraints and concluded that the contested design and D3 created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
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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