Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-12
000117573
Contested design: 008044010-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 008044010-0002 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 008044010-0002 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais de la titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vaisala France SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
43 rue de Liège, 75008 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
B.R.C 77 (Baie Rack Container) Société par actions simplifiée à associé uniquevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
route de Sainte-Poix, 35370 Le Pertre, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Test report for Windcube Box samples
Laboratoire National de Météorologie et d’Essais · disclosed 2019-08-29
Windcube presentation
LEOSPHERE
Technical specifications for a Windcube v2 enclosure
100746_112016 · Vaisala France / LEOSPHERE
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character and argued that the contested enclosure's features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the cited materials did not prove public disclosure, some fell within the grace period, and the design was not exclusively functional.
- ›The Division found Annexes 1 to 3 insufficient to prove effective public disclosure under Article 7 and therefore did not reach a novelty or individual-character conflict with any prior design.
- ›The Division also found the enclosure's cubic form was not exclusively imposed by technical function, so the Article 8(1) ground failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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