Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-11
000117107
Contested design: 002732610-0002
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0027326100002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Бовал 7 ООДvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ж.к Зона Б-18, бл.6, вх. 1, ет. 12, ап. 49, 1309 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Лъкилокс Адvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
Бул. Илиянци № 123, 1220 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Milena Lyubenova Georgieva-Tabakova
Prior art cited (3)
unlocking instrument / lock pick
Facebook account of Mr Vladimir Kirev · Facebook · disclosed 2013-02-28
unlocking instrument / lock pick
Facebook account of Mr Vladimir Kirev · Facebook · disclosed 2014-05-23
unlocking instrument / lock pick
Facebook account 'Turbodecoder Turbodecoder' · Facebook · disclosed 2014-01-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that substantially identical lock-pick devices had been publicly disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and novelty challenge were left unrebutted.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook disclosures as prior art under Article 7(1) and found the differences from the contested design immaterial under Article 5(2).
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty and was therefore declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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