Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-25
000113643
Contested design: 002752709-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002752709-0002 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
DÁM Kft.via PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Üde utca 4., 1037 Budapest, Hungary
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Adamo-Hammock
Hungary (HU)
Pusztaszeri u. 2., 6647 Csanytelek, Hungary
Represented by
Prior art cited (6)
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French national design No 982205-0001 · Designview · disclosed 1998-08-21
WO No 2013088432A1
US No 1950042A
US No 5097545A
US No 5729844A
S No 2008060128A1
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the RCD lacked novelty and individual character and that its main features were solely technically dictated, relying on French design D1 and several patent documents.
- ›Holder filed no substantive observations, surrendered the RCD in 2020, and did not respond after the applicant requested a final decision despite the surrender.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 8(1) claim because the alleged functional features were not proven to be solely dictated by technical function and aesthetic choices remained possible.
- ›The Division found D1 sufficiently disclosed and creating the same overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character; invalidity was upheld and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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