Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-14
000117094
Contested design: 007807631-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 0078076310001 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
Sc Arkada Steel Map Srlvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
strada Ferma Barsa nr.20, 21, sat Halchiu, comuna Halchiu, jud., Brasov, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Bilka Steel SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
17 Henri Coanda Street, City of Brasov, Brasov County, Romania
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
fences (part of -)
Community design registration No 0055006590001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-07-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the fence-panel design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier Community design registration No 0055006590001.
- ›Holder replied that the cited design differed in non-immaterial features and produced a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, found designer freedom not severely limited, and held visible differences in the upper part, side indents, profile extremities and colour were decisive.
- ›Because the contested design remained new and had individual character, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| 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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