Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-12
000112302
Contested design: 005835469-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005835469-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SPC «Aeromeh» Ltd.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 30 / SAD-30 separator with cyclone
www.iuriagui.ro (Wayback Machine) · Wayback Machine Internet Archive · disclosed 2018-07-24
CAD 7 model with cyclone
UA 25316 · Register of Patents of Ukraine · disclosed 2013-08-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based mainly on earlier separator designs D1 and D2 disclosed before 27 November 2018.
- ›Holder argued the compared separators were not identical and pointed to differences in doors, control lever position, cyclone construction, frame shape, and other technical features.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and D2, found the designer's freedom not substantially limited, and held that the many shared features dominated the minor differences.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as D1, lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR, and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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