Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-18
000113801
Contested design: 001601584-0001
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 0016015840001 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
Julien Srilanvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Greut 4a, 91595 Burgoberbach, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Carol Baxter
United Kingdom (GB)
Fairwinds, 18 Victory Road, West Mersea, Colchester CO5 8LX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
French prior design registration relied on for novelty attack
French design No. 021610001 · INPI French design database / Designview portal
French prior design registration relied on for novelty attack
French design No. 040544002 · INPI French design database / Designview portal
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested RCD lacked novelty because it differed only in insignificant details from French designs D1 and D2 disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder replied that the cited French designs were not identical, the differences were significant to the informed user, and designer freedom was limited for the relevant features.
- ›The Division limited the case to novelty, accepted the untranslated French evidence, and found visible differences in width, shape, corners, and colour versus both prior designs.
- ›Because the differences were not immaterial under Article 5(2) CDR, the contested design was held new over D1 and D2 and the application was rejected.
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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