Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-09
000114842
Contested design: 008316624-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0083166240005 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0083166240005 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
K-SPORT Polska Krzysztof Kafelvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Rzepiennik Biskupi nr 214 poczta, Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, 33163 Rzepiennik Biskupi, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Paweł Kalemba BD-Partnersvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Klonowa, nr 20B, 47400 Racibórz, Poland
Represented by
Marcin Staniszewski
Prior art cited (1)
physical exercise and body-building apparatus with handles and cushions
www.k-sport.com.pl · www.k-sport.com.pl · disclosed 2019-12-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested RCD copied its earlier design, lacked novelty and individual character, and had been disclosed on the applicant's website before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence of prior web disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the website printouts as sufficient evidence that the prior design was publicly available by 15/12/2019 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Despite minor differences in cushions, bar shape, handles, colour and branding, the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
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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