Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-25
000115946
Contested design: 002951335-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité est accueillie. 2. Le dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 002951335-0001 est déclaré nul. 3. La titulaire supporte les frais exposés par le demandeur, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paul Sitges Alonsovia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Hostafrancs de Sió, 26-1º-1ª, 08014 Barcelona, Espagne
Holder · RCD owner
CLOFORvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Les Forges, BP 9, 38140 Renage, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
GIGA fence post
POTEAU GIGA / refs. 24025033 and 24013032 · Clotex Industries / Gantois Clôtures / Girardot Industrie · disclosed 2014-07-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that the contested fence post design had already been disclosed through the GIGA product range, technical sheet, catalogue, and pre-filing sales invoices.
- ›The holder challenged admissibility and res judicata, and argued the evidence was undated, insufficient, and did not prove that the specific claimed post appearance had been disclosed before filing.
- ›The Invalidity Division rejected the admissibility objections and accepted the later-filed supporting evidence because it supplemented the same earlier GIGA product disclosure already identified in the application.
- ›On the merits, the Division found the catalogue, technical sheet, invoice, and order acknowledgment jointly proved pre-filing disclosure of the same GIGA post and that the prior design was identical in form to the contested RCD.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberJessica N.LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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