Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-16
000116147
Contested design: 001371207-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 001371207-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dynamic Biogas Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Spółka komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Bóżnicza 12/4, 61-752 Poznań, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Artur Ratajczak
Poland (PL)
Październikowa 10, 63-230 Witaszyce, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
construction project showing a centrally built-in stream mixer
Interchangeable Construction Project Of Agricultural Biogas Plant 1,0 Mw · construction project for biogas plant in Jaromierz, Poland
construction project of a biogas plant in Upałty Małe
Interchangeable Construction Project of Agricultural Biogas Plant 1,0 MW · construction project / construction-site photographs
Fermentator gazowy
PL 230678 · Polish patent publication · disclosed 2018-11-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the mixing-device design was an invisible component of a complex biogas-tank product and also relied on earlier construction projects, a patent, and copyright claims.
- ›The holder argued the device could remain visible in normal use, disputed disclosure and authorship, and said the cited earlier designs came from the holder or fell within a grace period.
- ›The Division found the product was a component incorporated in reservoirs and that the evidence showed it remained invisible during normal use, with visibility arising only during assembly or repair.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 4(2) CDR without examining the remaining invalidity or copyright grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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