Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-16
000115644
Contested design: 005320199-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005320199-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ergosafe Aktiebolagvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Reparatörgatan 1, 302 62 Halmstad, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aluminco Α.Ε. Ανωνυμοσ Εταιρεια Αλουμινιου Και Συναφων Μεταλλωνvia PDF extraction
GR
Θέση Μεγάλη Ράχη, 32011 Οινόφυτα Βοιωτίας, Greece
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
building elements / adjustable windbreak
RCD No 002416248-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested windbreak lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Ergosafe RCDs, especially RCD No 002416248-0003.
- ›Holder said the application was insufficiently reasoned on individual character and, in any event, the contested design had significant non-functional differences from the prior design.
- ›The Division found RCD No 002416248-0003 had been disclosed by publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before the contested filing date.
- ›Although the designs shared the same adjustable two-panel configuration, opaque panels, hidden posts, no visible overlap, sill-like tops, feet and other features gave the contested design a more robust overall impression.
- ›The invalidity grounds under Article 25(1)(b) CDR failed; the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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