Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-23
000112521
Contested design: 007761895-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 007761895-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007761895-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jürgen Heckelsmüllervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ottobeurer Straße 15, 87784 Westerheim, Germany
Represented by
Reiner Helge
Holder · RCD owner
Michał Cukrowski
Poland (PL)
Ul. Wybickiego 72/6, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Natalia Krupa-Lipińska
Prior art cited (1)
grating
RCD No 005301595-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD D1, arguing the designs were effectively identical in their essential grating features.
- ›Holder argued the contested design differed in chamber count, pattern, openings, embossments and connectors, and said technical constraints for airfield gratings limited design freedom.
- ›The Division found D1 validly disclosed, identified an informed user familiar with gratings, and considered the designer had broad freedom despite functional requirements.
- ›It held the differences would require detailed inspection and did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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