Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-05
000112301
Contested design: 005835469-0001
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 005835469-0001 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
SPC «Aeromeh»via PDF extraction
UA
Str. International, 37, Kreminna 92900, Ukraine
Holder · RCD owner
ASM Technology SP. Z O.O.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Koralowa 17/37, 20-583 Lublin, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
CAD/SAD-30 aerodynamic separator model
www.iuriagui.ro · Wayback Machine Internet Archive · disclosed 2018-07-24
Ukrainian industrial design for a separator
UA 25317 · Register of Patents of Ukraine for Industrial Designs · disclosed 2013-08-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier CAD/SAD separator models, especially D1, and Ukrainian design UA 25317.
- ›The holder argued the designs were not identical, citing different nozzles, lever position, doors, service module, and technically dictated separator features.
- ›The Division found D1 had been disclosed before filing and that the designer’s freedom was not substantially limited for separator frames, casing, and feed-bin shapes.
- ›Despite visible differences, the common configuration and placement of the main elements created the same overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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| 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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