Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-08
000112502
Contested design: 005262987-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 005262987-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005262987-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TOYA Spółka Akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Sołtysowicka 13/15, 51-168 Wroclaw, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ferro S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Przemysłowa 7, 32-050 Skawina, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
YouTube stills showing a GROHE Essence single-lever flexible sink mixer
GROHE 30294000 · YouTube · disclosed 2017-07-05
Amazon listing for GROHE 30294000 Essence Single/Lever Kitchen Mixer
ASIN B06WLQFZ6L · Amazon UK · disclosed 2017-03-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested sink tap lacked novelty and individual character over earlier GROHE flexible tap disclosures, and that only the solid-line spout features were protected.
- ›Holder argued the Article 6 claim was undeveloped, the internet evidence lacked probative value, and the cited product differed so novelty and individual character were not disproved.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube and Amazon disclosures before filing and treated the dashed metallic tap parts as disclaimed, so the comparison focused on the flexible U-shaped spout.
- ›The only difference was a colour shade, which was immaterial; the protected spout was identical to the prior design, so the RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| 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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