Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-13
000118317
Contested design: 008696538-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008696538-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kalika Impex sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mazowiecka 11/49, 00052 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Grupa Orion Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Obrońców Westerplatte 73a, 40-335 Katowice, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
EliteHoff dish draining rack E-8056 / Suszarka Do Naczn z Ocierkaczem i Taca E-8056
https://archiwum.allegro.pl · archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-11-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior online sales and listings of its EliteHoff dish rack versions E-0856 and E-0857 before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the application, facts, arguments, and evidence but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the Allegro archive printouts and customer comments sufficient to prove disclosure of the E-8056 design before 21/09/2021 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found them identical apart from an immaterial handle shade difference, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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