Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-30
000117302
Contested design: 008447205-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must 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 008447205-0001. 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 INDITEX rack door design shown in an online article photograph
Spain's Inditex creates state-of-the-art IT center · EFE / http://www.efe.com · disclosed 2015-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested rack-cabinet door design lacked novelty and individual character because it reproduced SAIFOR's earlier ARCTIC/INDITEX door design already marketed and disclosed before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been publicly disclosed, notably through a 7 June 2015 EFE web article, and that the designer's freedom was broad apart from basic rack-door constraints.
- ›The compared designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated in full.
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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