Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-28
000117919
Contested design: 008795009-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008795009-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jakub Pellervia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 47, 02495 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Rafał Horończyk
Holder · RCD owner
Piotr Malinowski
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Łódź, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (1)
nail file
https://allegro.pl · allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-10-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character based on a very similar nail file disclosed on allegro.pl by at least 26/10/2020.
- ›The holders filed no observations and did not rebut the claimed prior web disclosure or the applicant’s comparison of the designs.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the internet printout as proof of disclosure and found the designer’s freedom at least average for nail files.
- ›The Division held that the compared designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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