Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-14
000117998
Contested design: 008362198-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008362198-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nándor Szőnyivia PDF extraction
SK
ul. E. B. Lukáca 1356/36, 94501 Komárno Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Rubber-World KFT.via PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Kunhegyes, Gyepszél utca 69., 5340 Hungary
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshot of a Facebook publication showing a combination of two lawn grids put together
Technoah BV Facebook site · disclosed 2019-10-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on a Facebook post dated 9 October 2019 showing the same lawn grid design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Facebook screenshot proved prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and that the earlier design showed the same configuration and shape.
- ›Because the contested design was identical to the earlier disclosure, it lacked novelty and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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