Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-20
000116731
Contested design: 008630255-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008630255-0005 is declared invalid. 2. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Damian Małońvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Ul. Janowska 113, 08110 Siedlce, Poland
Represented by
Łukasz Korga
Holder · RCD owner
Kingwise Technology Co., Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
Rm 18, 27/F Ho King Comm Ctr, 2-16 Fayuen St, Mongkok, Kln, Hong Kong
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Antena TRANS-DATA GSM/DCS/UMTS/KYZ8,2/9,5 outdoor aerial
http://www.dipol.com.pl/antena_trans-data_gsm-dcs-umts_kyz8_2-9_5_A741030.htm · dipol.com.pl via Internet Archive · disclosed 2018-05-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an archived 30 May 2018 webpage showing the earlier TRANS-DATA aerial.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and novelty, arguing the archive did not prove availability and the designs differed in proportions, holes, hinges, and overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive evidence as prior disclosure accessible to specialised circles in the EU before the filing date.
- ›It found the compared designs identical apart from immaterial details, so the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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