Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-17
000119418
Contested design: 008657001-0001
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 0086570010001 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
Gregor Hermanvia PDF extraction
SI
Ob Gozdu 6, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
Holder · RCD owner
Medicop - Specialna oprema d.o.o.
SI
Nemčavci 81, 9000 Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
earlier mobile home design relied on by the applicant
Community design No 0043820340001 · EUIPO registration publication · disclosed 2017-11-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested mobile home design copied his earlier Community design and had been registered without his consent.
- ›The holder denied any improper registration, argued Article 25(1)(d) was not satisfied, and maintained the two designs were different.
- ›The Division held bad faith is not an autonomous invalidity ground under Article 25(1) CDR in this procedure.
- ›It found the earlier design had been published before, not after, the contested filing date, so Article 25(1)(d) CDR could not apply.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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