Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-08
000115281
Contested design: 002747600-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002747600-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nasmed Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Nowaka Jeziorańskiego 7/184, 03984 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Marta Malgorzata Krzyśków-Szymkowicz
Holder · RCD owner
Klinika Flebologii Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Wawelska 5, 02-034 Warszawa, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
logo/graphic design shown on the applicant website
www.nasmed.com.pl / Internet Archive snapshot · Internet Archive (archive.org) · disclosed 2013-11-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested logo design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical design had appeared on its website more than one year before the filing date.
- ›Holder disputed the scope of the claims, the reliability and market visibility of the archived webpage, and invoked Articles 7(2) and 7(3) CDR based on the designer's authorization and copyright transfer.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive evidence as a reliable online disclosure dated 17 November 2013 and found no proof undermining that disclosure or supporting the abuse defence.
- ›Because the prior and contested designs were identical apart from immaterial detail, the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid; the remaining ground was not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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