Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-15
000115928
Contested design: 007397146-0001
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 0073971460001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Concaver Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wabcz 60, 86212 Stolno, Poland
Represented by
Michał Jędrzejewski
Holder · RCD owner
S Dizing SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Strada Principala 557, 617106 Brusturi, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
vehicle wheel rims, radial tyre rims, hubs of vehicle wheels and wheel mounts for vehicles
Community design registration No 0073072770001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-12-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and also invoked prior rights based on its earlier RCD for vehicle wheels.
- ›It relied on earlier RCD No 0073072770001, published before the filing date, arguing the designs were essentially identical and created the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the Division assessed the case first under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed and that minor differences did not alter the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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