Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-27
000120239
Contested design: 009188451-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009188451-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paweł Marzec ‘Marec’via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Aleksandra Fredry 3, 23100 Bychawa, Poland
Represented by
Maciej Marian Priebe
Holder · RCD owner
Investigate Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Gustawa Morcinka 15 21, 31762 Krakówm Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (1)
LIVIVO dual-hook folding wall-mounted bicycle storage stand rack
ASIN B01 M1B PWON · www.amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-04-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier bicycle-rack designs disclosed online before the filing date, especially an Amazon.co.uk listing from 9 April 2015.
- ›The holders were invited to respond but filed no observations and did not rebut the evidence of disclosure or the design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient proof of public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found broad designer freedom apart from the need for a hook, wall holder, and fixing screws.
- ›Because the compared bicycle wall racks were almost identical and the minor wall-holder differences did not alter the overall impression, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
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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