Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-15
000118722
Contested design: 008823033-0011
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 008823033-0011 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nesperta Europe Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Obornicka 7, 62002 Jelonek, Poland
Represented by
Marta Malgorzata Krzyśków-Szymkowicz
Holder · RCD owner
Piotr Malinowski
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Łódź, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (1)
nail dryers
Community design registration No 007985700-0012 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-07-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on prior design D3 for nail dryers.
- ›The applicant argued the designs differed only in immaterial details and that designer freedom for nail dryers was broad.
- ›The holders filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D3 as disclosed, found the compared designs produced the same overall impression, and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and the holders were ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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