Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-30
000110081
Contested design: 006402582-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0064025820001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Profplastvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Stary Węgrzynów 39, 28350 Słupia Jedrzejowska, Poland
Represented by
Anna Maja Sokołowska-Ławniczak
Holder · RCD owner
Nuitech LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
C220d Trident Business Centre 89, Bickersteth Road, London, City of London SW17 9SH, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Double plastic clamping profiles for air filters / pocket filters
PF1B2 and PF1C2 · Applicant website catalogue, sales invoices, and Wayback Machine archive
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on its earlier PF1B2 and PF1C2 plastic clamping profiles disclosed before the 2019 filing date.
- ›The holder argued the application wrongly relied on Article 25(1)(d), disputed the strength of the disclosure evidence, and claimed functional constraints and visible differences created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found the application was clearly based on Article 25(1)(b), accepted disclosure of PF1B2 and PF1C2 through the catalogue, invoices, and archived web material, and considered designer freedom at least average.
- ›The contested design shared the same relevant shape features and produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so it lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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