Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-26
000118138
Contested design: 007692116-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0076921160003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xfelgi.pl Michał Kiełkiewiczvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Poniatów, ul. Piotrkowska 4C, 97330 Sulejów, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wichliński Dariusz
Poland (PL)
Wabcz 60 l.2, 86212 Stolno, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Brixton Forged VL4 wheel rim
https://www.facebook.com/KeanSuspensions/photos/pcb.2233855886703290/2233855766703302 · Facebook · disclosed 2019-06-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on a prior Facebook disclosure of the Brixton Forged VL4 wheel rim.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook post as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for wheel-rim frontal appearance.
- ›It held that the shared spoke number, shape, and arrangement created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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