Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-14
000115124
Contested design: 007547070-0001
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 007547070-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Robert Kaleskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Bukowa 6, 95-100 Zgierz, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Jerzy Pietrucha Business Assetsvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Przemysłowa 10, 98-235 Błaszki, Poland
Represented by
Bartłomiej Emil Fijałkowski
Prior art cited (2)
fluid distribution equipment
RCD No 005253416-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-05-18
open road culvert design shown on the holder's website
https://pietrucha.pl · Internet Archive · disclosed 2018-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested culvert design lacked individual character over earlier RCD D1 and the holder's earlier web-disclosed design D2.
- ›The holder argued that the arrow-shaped anchoring element changed the overall impression, claimed earlier patent priority, and asserted that crowded prior art limited designer freedom.
- ›The Invalidity Division found D2 validly disclosed before the filing date, declined to suspend for the Polish patent dispute, and held that the claimed crowding of the sector was unproven.
- ›Comparing the designs from the informed user's perspective, the Division held that the shared V-shaped channel and overall configuration dominated and the hidden anchoring arrow did not create a different overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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