Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-09
000117912
Contested design: 008041057-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 008041057-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008041057-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Aures Technologies, Société Anonymevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
24 bis rue Léonard de Vinci ZAC des Folies, 91090 Lisses, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Senor Tech CO., LTD.via PDF extraction
Taiwan (TW)
No.165, Kangning Street, Xizhi District, New Taipei City 22150, Taiwan
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Jazzpole point-of-sale terminal exhibited at Paris Retail Week 2018
Paris Retail Week 2018 · disclosed 2018-09-10
JAZZPOLE point-of-sale terminal shown in the video 'JAZZ+JAZZPOLE'
https://vimeo.com/314031777 · Vimeo · disclosed 2019-01-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested POS-terminal design lacked individual character over its earlier Jazzpole terminal disclosed at Paris Retail Week 2018 and later shown online before the filing date.
- ›Applicant argued POS-terminal designers had meaningful freedom and both designs shared the same overall shape, thin base, side arm, and borderless flat screen.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the exhibition and Vimeo materials as public disclosure and found the identified differences too minor to change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character; the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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