Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-16
000116572
Contested design: 001477129-0001
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 0014771290001 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, 61752 Poznań, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Artur Ratajczak
Poland (PL)
Październikowa 10, 63230 Witaszyce, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Fermentator gazowy
PL 230678 · Polish patent database · disclosed 2018-11-30
construction project of a biogas plant in Jaromierz, Poland
Interchangeable Construction Project Of Agricultural Biogas Plant 1,0 Mw · construction project / related website photographs
construction project of a biogas plant in Upałty Małe
Interchangeable Construction Project of Agricultural Biogas Plant 1,0 MW · construction project / construction-site photographs
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the reservoir section with a central mixing device was an invisible component of a complex gas-fermenter product and also lacked novelty and individual character over earlier project and patent disclosures.
- ›The holder argued the contested design was itself a visible reservoir, challenged the complex-product theory and disclosure objections, and said the cited differences preserved individual character.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 4(2) theory because the gas-plant configuration was not a complex product for this assessment, but it accepted D1's patent publication as prior disclosure and found the overall appearance of the reservoir section too similar.
- ›The contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, making it unnecessary to determine the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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