Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-07
000115828
Contested design: 008213458-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008213458-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Irgens Engineering ASvia PDF extraction
Norway (NO)
Tjernveien 12, 1397 Nesoya, Norway
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Acorn Intellectual Properties Ltd
JE
Le Quai d'Auvergne, La Collette, St. Helier JE2 3TN Jersey
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
pipe clamp
Community design registration No 002170811-0001 · Office bulletin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier Community design registration No 002170811-0001.
- ›The holder argued the designs differed and that key features of the prior design were technically dictated under Article 8 CDR.
- ›The Division found the prior design sufficiently disclosed, rejected the Article 8 objection for lack of evidence, and assessed designer freedom as at least average.
- ›It held that the extra holes did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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