Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-15
000112926
Contested design: 003315571-0001
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 003315571-0001 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
Heco Nordiska Aktiebolagvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Rocknevägen 16, 335 73 Hillerstorp, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Troldtekt A/S
Denmark (DK)
Sletvej 2A, 8310 Tranbjerg J., Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Ejot DDS Screw
Ejot product catalogue 'ETICS Anchors' · Ejot product catalogue 'ETICS Anchors'
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier Ejot DDS Screw, relying mainly on catalogue evidence said to predate the 2016 filing.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and argued the compared screw heads differed in material, shape, pattern, proportions, and visible appearance, so the prior design did not invalidate the RCD.
- ›The Division accepted appendix A as sufficient proof of prior disclosure, rejected the novelty claim because the pattern differences were more than immaterial, but found the overall impression remained too similar for informed users.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) CDR in conjunction with Article 4 CDR, and the contested RCD was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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