Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-04
000118459
Contested design: 008855969-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0088559690001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Adam Pawlikvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Centralna 6, 43346 Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Contex Experts K.L.Bartczak Spółka Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Tadeusza Brzozy 6, 54115 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Prior art cited (1)
rectangular profile
http://www.turnmatte.com · Internet Archive Wayback Machine · disclosed 2014-10-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty because an identical design had been disclosed before filing, relying in particular on a Wayback Machine capture of turnmatte.com.
- ›Holder was invited to comment on the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the archived webpage as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and compared only the protected solid-line outer rectangular profile of the contested design.
- ›Finding no non-immaterial differences between the compared designs, the Division invalidated the contested design for lack of novelty and ordered the holder to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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