Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-13
000114494
Contested design: 008126841-0001
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 008126841-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MRKK ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Agerbakken 16, 8362, Hørning, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Deluxe Holding ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Niels Bohrs Vej 12 A th., 6000 Kolding, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
electric candle
DR 2020 00027 · Danish design register · disclosed 2020-05-06
alleged display of the applicant's electric candle at the Formland fair in Herning
Formland fair, Herning, Denmark · disclosed 2020-01-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty over Danish design DR 2020 00027 and also alleged bad faith based on earlier market presence.
- ›The holder challenged untranslated evidence, claimed it had disclosed the candle earlier within the grace period, and argued the applicant had not proved earlier disclosure or enabled a reliable comparison.
- ›The Division found the applicant's fair-related evidence insufficient, but accepted disclosure of the prior design through its Danish register publication on 2020-05-06.
- ›Comparing the registered depictions, the Division found only immaterial differences, held the contested design lacked novelty under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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