Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-13
000116628
Contested design: 008640825-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0086408250001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Cryptochilli s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Ocelářská 2457/7, Libeň, 19000 Praha, Czech Republic
Represented by
Klára Labalestra
Holder · RCD owner
DCX Polska Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Poleczki 23, 02822 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Radim Charvát
Prior art cited (2)
DCX Immersion Mining Universal Enclosure
Holder's Facebook post dated 23/03/2020; www.cryptocooling.eu; YouTube videos dated 20/08/2020 and 21/08/2020 · Facebook / www.cryptocooling.eu / YouTube · disclosed 2020-03-23
IMMERSION BOX
www.cryptochilli.eu · www.cryptochilli.eu · disclosed 2021-06-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on the holder's earlier online disclosures and the applicant's own IMMERSION BOX website disclosure.
- ›The holder argued the Facebook evidence was incomplete, the applicant's product was copied from the holder's earlier design, and the applicant's disclosure fell within the Article 7(2) grace period.
- ›The Division found D1 insufficiently disclosed because the Facebook and video materials did not fully and separately identify the relied-on prior design with the required precision.
- ›The Division treated D2 as resulting from information provided by the holder about its earlier disclosed design, so D2 could not be considered prior art under Article 7(2).
- ›The application was rejected as unsubstantiated, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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