Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-30
000117301
Contested design: 008447205-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, Community design No 008447205-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 008447205-0002. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Specialized Furniture, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
de Les Comes, 44 bajos, 2, 08700 Igualada, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Soimer Telecomunicacions, S.L.U.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Pol. Ind. les Gavarreres, UA Sant Pere, 8, Bloc 1 NAU8, 08711 Odena, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
SAIFOR 'ARCTIC V3' rack door / technical equipment cabinet door
http://www.saifor.net; https://www.facebook.com/saiforgroup · Internet Archive Wayback Machine; Facebook · disclosed 2016-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested RCD copied SAIFOR's ARCTIC V3 rack-door design disclosed before filing and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to comment but filed no observations; the applicant also requested oral proceedings if the documentary record were considered insufficient.
- ›The Division refused oral proceedings, accepted prior disclosure from Wayback Machine, Facebook, and the other exhibits, and found only minor differences from the earlier rack-door design.
- ›The contested RCD produced the same overall impression on informed users, lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), and was declared invalid; the remaining grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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