Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-15
000117437
Contested design: 008414221-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0084142210001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Symetricus Sp. z o. o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Bażantów 6b/3, 40668 Katowice, Poland
Represented by
Agnieszka Plucińska
Holder · RCD owner
Andrzej Biały
Poland (PL)
Al. Wolności 20/42, 42300 Myszków, Poland
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Prior art cited (1)
capsules in oval box with applicator / oval box with labels, 100 capsules per box
seller contract and invoice · disclosed 2020-12-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged bad faith and argued that the contested design lacked novelty and individual character because its product had already been designed, sold and marketed before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held that the 11/12/2020 contract and 18/12/2020 invoice objectively proved disclosure of the prior design before the contested design's filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the overall impressions the same and any possible body-width difference insignificant, so the contested design lacked individual character; the bad-faith ground was inadmissible because it is not listed in Article 25(1) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
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