Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-21
000114484
Contested design: 003593011-0001
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 0035930110001 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
JANO sp. z o.o. S.K.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Siennieńska 252, 27400 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
CHUDĚJ, s.r.o.
Czechia (CZ)
Hutisko 310, 756 62 Hutisko-Solanec, Czech Republic
Represented by
Pavel Nádvorník
Prior art cited (1)
Leroy Merlin product page for a linear floor drain "Odpływ liniowy L600 Z RUSZTEM SATURN EQUATION" relied on as earlier design evidence
Leroy Merlin website / Google search results · disclosed 2013-05-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the registered representation was not unitary and showed multiple products, so the design failed Article 3(a) and Article 25(1)(a) CDR.
- ›It also alleged lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Leroy Merlin linear floor drain disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder responded that the contested design depicted one disassemblable linear gutter shown assembled, disassembled and in magnified detail, and challenged the prior-art evidence as insufficient.
- ›The Division found the views consistently represented a single product and that the internet evidence did not prove an earlier public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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