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.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawska 8, 96200 Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Domtech Grzelak & Grzelak spółka jawnavia PDF extraction
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 ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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