Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-13
000117376
Contested design: 007907167-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 007907167-0001 is declared invalid. 3. 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)
Prior surgical instrument design disclosed as chondrectom fronts / small chondrectom fronts
BS 011.90 / BS 011.30 / BS 013.90 · Applicant invoices and brochure · disclosed 2018-08-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier marketing, sales, invoices, brochure material and fair display of her surgical instruments before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the cited disclosures were within the Article 7(2) grace period, insufficiently linked to the contested design, poor in quality, and incapable of showing the relevant design had been made available to the public.
- ›The Division held that the invoices, read together with the brochure, sufficiently proved prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated the designer's freedom for surgical instruments as average.
- ›Comparing the protected pointed portion of the contested design with the prior design, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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