Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-07
000120859
Contested design: 008687073-0001
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 008687073-0001 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
Akifix S.P.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Italia, 27, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fercomacess, Lda.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua da Liberdade, n.º 135, 3750-791, Trofa, Portugal
Represented by
Miguel Alexandre de Oliveira Soares Fernandes
Prior art cited (1)
Undated holder catalogue showing the contested anchoring device for suspended ceilings as an alleged prior self-disclosure.
Fercomacess catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1), 4(2)-(3) and 8(1), arguing the anchoring device had been marketed earlier by the holder, was purely functional, and was not visible in normal use.
- ›Holder filed observations late and not in the language of proceedings, so the Division did not take them into account.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not shown the design was a component part of a complex product, had not proved its essential features were solely technically dictated, and had not established an earlier public disclosure.
- ›The application was rejected as unfounded and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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