Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-04
000117375
Contested design: 007905195-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007905195-0001 is declared invalid. 2. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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)
Large inserter and halfpipe guide surgical instrument set
AR 211 / AR 204.1 · Applicant invoices and brochure
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested surgical instrument set lacked novelty and individual character because her earlier AR 211 and AR 204.1 instruments had already been marketed and disclosed before filing.
- ›The holder challenged the disclosure evidence, argued the documents did not clearly identify the products or market impact, and maintained that the compared designs were neither identical nor similar.
- ›The Division found disclosure established through the combination of invoices and brochure material and considered the informed user familiar with surgical instruments, with an average degree of designer freedom.
- ›The common features outweighed the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and the invalidity application was upheld in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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