Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-23
000117836
Contested design: 008824999-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0088249990001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Adam Opiatowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Krańcowa 16B/11, 15155 Białystok, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Gappag spółka z o. ovia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Dąbrowskiego 39, 42200 Częstochowa, Poland
Prior art cited (2)
kitchen helper
Community design No 0087897050001 · EUIPO publication · disclosed 2021-12-15
kitchen helper
Community design No 0087897050002 · EUIPO publication · disclosed 2021-12-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested kitchen-helper design copied his earlier Community designs and was sold in the same colours, so it should be declared invalid.
- ›Holder said it had sold its own kitchen helper since September 2020, supported that with screenshots and sales records, and described the contested design as a later refinement.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) CDR did not apply because the applicant's prior RCDs were published before the contested filing date and thus were not prior designs made public after filing.
- ›Because no other invalidity ground was invoked, the application was rejected as unfounded and the applicant was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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