Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-27
000115428
Contested design: 008418123-0001
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 0084181230001 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
Dawid Twardowski DAV-SKI
Poland (PL)
Antonin ul wrocławska 19/1,63421 Przygodzice, Poland
Represented by
Justyna Nykiel
Prior art cited (1)
hammock base with arched legs
RCD No 0083177540001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-12-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier identical RCD published before the contested filing date.
- ›The applicant submitted the earlier RCD number, its representation, and the prior holder's name as evidence of disclosure.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed and that the contested design differed only in immaterial details, so novelty was destroyed.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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