Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-19
000120319
Contested design: 009196934-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of Registered Community design No 009196934-0001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Eurobatt Sp. Z o.o. Sp. Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Mszczonowska 18a Janki, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
MARTOM
Poland (PL)
Piaskowa 10, 66-008 Świdnica, Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (3)
Sale invoices for 'Nóż strunowy' food cutters sold to the holder from January 2020 to April 2021.
invoices · disclosed 2020-01-31
Allegro Archive printout and hyperlink showing several 'Nóż strunowy' food cutters.
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/listing?string=n%C3%B3%C5%BC%20strunowy&p=23 · Allegro Archive
Partial CHH webpage printout for food cutters including product reference 'MB_8677 1.' and product images.
panel.chh.pl · disclosed 2016-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested food-cutter design lacked novelty because the same design had been marketed and used before filing, citing invoices and online listings.
- ›The holder argued the cited cutter differed in the shape and ending of the handle and rubber bands.
- ›The Division found the alleged prior design was not identified with sufficient precision and the invoices and internet printouts did not objectively prove disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the invalidity ground under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 5(1)(b) CDR failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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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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