Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-01
000118040
Contested design: 006312831-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 006312831-0001 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
Ejot Sverige ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Sandtagsv. 9, 702 36 Örebro, Sweden
Holder · RCD owner
Arne Thuresson Byggmaterial AB
Sweden (SE)
Domnarvsgatan 21, 16353 Spånga, Sweden
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
part of a screw showing ribs on the head
EP 3 128 190 A1
screw shown in the 'Ms Reamer and Ms Twister' advertisement
https://www.fastenerandfixing.com/magazine-archive/issue-109/ · fastenerandfixing.com
ESSVE screw
ESSVE
Gunnebo screw
Gunnebo Fastenening
Fermacell screw
Fermacell
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the screw design was a component part of a complex product, lacked novelty and individual character, and was solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The holder replied that the screw was an independent product with distinctive helicoid head and self-drilling features, and that its appearance was not solely function-driven.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the contested design was not a component part of a complex product and that the applicant had not proved all essential features were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The Division also found none of the five invoked prior designs was properly proven as disclosed under Article 7 CDR, so novelty and individual-character attacks could not succeed.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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