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 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 (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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