Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-02
000115081
Contested design: 008341838-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 0083418380001 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
Dorel Vasile Popvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Bihorului 5 street, 455300 Simleu Silvaniei, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
AirTrack Factory HQ BV
Netherlands (NL)
Bijsterhuizen 1178, 6546 AS Nijmegen, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
tent
Romanian design registration No 022495 · Official Intellectual Property Bulletin · disclosed 2020-07-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity based on Romanian design No 022495, alleging conflict with a prior design and lack of novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder argued the applicant had not properly substantiated the claims and that the prior design evidence and images did not permit a full comparison.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) did not apply because the Romanian design had been made public before the contested RCD filing date.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design for Article 25(1)(b) but found visible differences in doors, windows, protrusions and wall structure created a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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