Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-22
000117921
Contested design: 008823033-0002
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 0088230330002 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jakub Pellervia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 47, 02495 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Rafał Horończyk
Holder · RCD owner
Piotr Malinowski
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90361 Łódź, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (1)
ceramic cutter for milling machine cone for gel acrylic no. 2
https://archiwum.allegro.pl; offer No 6528893994 · Allegro.pl / archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2016-10-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier manicure cutter disclosed in an Allegro online sales listing before the filing date.
- ›The holders disputed adequate disclosure and comparison, argued the earlier design had not been proven publicly known, and maintained the contested design produced a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the archived Allegro offer as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the prior design representation clear enough for comparison.
- ›With at least average design freedom, the similarities in the cutter, rubber and pole extension led to the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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