Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-22
000113821
Contested design: 001718792-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 001718792-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Julien Srilanvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Greut 4a, 91595 Burgoberbach, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Carol Baxter
United Kingdom (GB)
Fairwinds, 18 Victory Road, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8LX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Right angle shower mat
French Design No. 021610-002 · French design database / Designview · disclosed 2002-07-19
shower mat
French Design No. 030165-002 · French design database / Designview · disclosed 2006-02-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested shower mat design lacked novelty over two earlier French design registrations disclosed before the 11/06/2010 filing date.
- ›The holder replied that key shape differences were significant and that some shared features were technically dictated by the need to fit a standard square-base shower.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed prior designs but found the contested design's curved external border and broader radius materially different from both earlier mats.
- ›Because no identical prior design was shown and no other invalidity ground was pursued, the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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