Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-25
000115502
Contested design: 008317754-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0083177540001 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
K-SPORT Polska Krzysztof Kafelvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Rzepiennik Biskupi nr 214 Poczta Rzepiennik Strzyżewski, 33163 Rzepiennik Biskupi, Poland
Represented by
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)
"Zider hamaka 300kg" hammock stand
allegro.pl offers Nos 9549082466 and 8255363817; YouTube video · allegro.pl; YouTube · disclosed 2018-05-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested hammock stand was not new and lacked individual character because the same stand had already been offered on allegro.pl and shown on YouTube before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the prior stand had been sufficiently disclosed online before the filing date and that internet evidence formed part of the prior art.
- ›The contested design differed only by minor branding elements, which were immaterial details, so the designs were identical under Article 5(2) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to bear the applicant's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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