Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-15
000118938
Contested design: 008884282-0003
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 0088842820003 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
Top E Shop Bartosz Czech Andrzej Goński Sp.K.
Poland (PL)
Warszawska 8, 96200 Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Domtech Grzelak & Grzelak spółka jawna
Poland (PL)
Niałek Wielki 22C, 64200 Wolsztyn, Poland
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Prior art cited (2)
prior bathroom mirror design identified in the applicant's evidence
Lumo Prawe · TOP E SHOP.PL 2019 catalogue
prior bathroom mirror design identified in the applicant's evidence
Lumo L5 · TOP E SHOP.PL 2019 catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, relying on earlier mirror designs allegedly marketed and shown in its catalogue and online listings.
- ›The holder filed no observations despite being given time to respond, so the Office initially closed the adversarial phase.
- ›The Division held that the application did not clearly link each prior design to novelty, individual character, or both, and the applicant missed the deadline to clarify.
- ›Because the submitted facts, evidence and arguments did not properly support the invoked grounds, the application was rejected as unfounded.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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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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