Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-16
000115666
Contested design: 005319621-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay 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 005319621-0002 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 (3)
building elements / adjustable windbreak design
Community design registration No 002416248-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
building elements
Community design registration No 002416248-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-03-05
building elements
Community design registration 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 Community designs, chiefly RCD No 002416248-0002.
- ›The holder argued the application was inadmissible for insufficient reasoning and, in any event, that the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed prior art, identified a not severely limited design freedom, and compared the designs from the informed user’s perspective.
- ›It found the contested design’s opaque panels, hidden posts, sill-like tops, feet, and more robust appearance sufficient to preserve novelty and individual character, so the 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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