Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-29
000121426
Contested design: 015011299-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015011299-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
VIPA bvbavia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Klein-Harelbekestraat 26, 8530 Hulste, Belgium
Holder · RCD owner
SMARTWOOD Jarosław Junikvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Łazy 103a, 37-550 Radymno, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
Community design No 005132628-0023 · Office bulletin · disclosed 2018-05-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought total invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested design copied its earlier RCD No 005132628-0023 and that the applicant had priority.
- ›To support the application, the applicant submitted a screenshot of the earlier RCD; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been published on 8 May 2018, before the contested design's 16 February 2023 filing date, so Article 25(1)(d) CDR was not satisfied.
- ›The invalidity application was therefore rejected, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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