Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-11
000117128
Contested design: 002732610-0003
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 0027326100003 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 (1)
unlocking instrument / lock pick depicted in a Facebook snapshot
Facebook account of Mr Vladimir Kirev · Facebook · disclosed 2013-02-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that the contested lock-picking instrument had already been publicly disclosed before the filing date.
- ›It relied mainly on a Facebook snapshot dated 28 February 2013 and a Bulgarian commercial register extract linking the account holder to the design holder.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and the applicant's identification of the prior design went unrebutted.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier and contested designs identical apart from immaterial colour and engraving differences, so the contested design was not new and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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