Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-12
000119279
Contested design: 008885263-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008885263-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Oleg Shevchenkovia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Dąbrowskiego 16a/9, 59-800 Luban, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Joshua Marc Stone
Netherlands (NL)
PMB 9012 Paxlaan 10 Hoofddorp, Noord, 2131 PZ Holland, Netherlands
Represented by
Maurizio Grassia
Prior art cited (1)
prior design published on the Thingiverse website
https://www.thingiverse.com · Thingiverse · disclosed 2021-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier design disclosed on Thingiverse on 3 May 2021.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, relevance of the website, the applicant’s reliance on an unregistered design, and argued the designs differed and some features were invisible in use.
- ›The Division found the screenshots and hyperlink sufficiently proved public disclosure before the filing date, and the holder did not rebut that presumption with reliable evidence.
- ›It held the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor central-part differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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