Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-23
000117372
Contested design: 007907175-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay 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 0079071750001 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
Joanna Rafalskavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Gen. Władysława Sikorskiego 26/64, 40282 Katowice, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Biovico Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Hutnicza 15B, 81061 Gdynia, Poland
Represented by
Małgorzata Matyka
Prior art cited (1)
Chondrectom parallel 30°, part of a surgical instrument for chondrectomy
BS 010.30 · Applicant invoices and brochure · disclosed 2019-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested surgical-instrument tip lacked novelty and individual character over her earlier Chondrectom parallel product disclosed through sales, a brochure, and the Arab Health 2020 fair.
- ›The holder argued the relied-on disclosures were excluded or unproven, the invoices showed only sample offers, and the contested design remained distinct within a technically constrained sector.
- ›The Division accepted that the prior design had been disclosed before filing by combining invoices with the brochure, but found the informed user would notice the materially different bend angle of the tip.
- ›Because the contested design created a different overall impression and the differences were not immaterial, the invalidity application failed on individual character and novelty grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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