Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-16
000115665
Contested design: 005319621-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005319621-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ergosafe Aktiebolag
Sweden (SE)
Reparatörgatan 1, 302 62 Halmstad, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aluminco Α.Ε. Ανωνυμοσ Εταιρεια Αλουμινιου Και Συναφων Μεταλλων
GR
Θέση Μεγάλη Ράχη, 32011 Οινόφυτα Βοιωτίας, Greece
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
building elements
RCD No 002416248-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
building elements
RCD No 002416248-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
building elements
RCD No 002416248-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs 002416248-0002 to -0004, especially RCD 002416248-0003.
- ›The holder argued the application lacked substantiated individual-character arguments and, in any event, the contested design had distinct non-functional features and a limited design freedom context.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of prior RCD 002416248-0003 and found some shared functional configuration, but held the opaque panels, concealed posts, sill-like tops, and feet created a more robust overall impression.
- ›Because those differences were material for the informed user, the contested design retained individual character and novelty, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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