Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-11
000121542
Contested design: 000624697-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 0006246970001 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
REBOMA trgovina in gradbeništvo, d.o.o.via PDF extraction
SI
Cesarjeva ulica 29, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia
Represented by
Jure Marn
Holder · RCD owner
3S SPORT d.o.o.via PDF extraction
SI
Perovo 25, 1240 Kamnik, Slovenia
Represented by
Marjan Pipan
Prior art cited (16)
coin dispenser for storing and taking coins
CN 2845035Y / application No 200520130517.9 · China · disclosed 2005-11-04
purse shown in the Beijing Royal Aviation Technology catalogue 2005
Beijing Royal Aviation Technology catalogue
coin dispenser
French model No 98211 · France
purse
French design No 020473 · France
purse
French design No 12408 · France
Asoma wallet design
Asoma website / leaflet
Asoma coin-holder wallet design
Asoma page
wallet design allegedly displayed at SMAU 2002 in Milan
Secure Project / SMAU 2002 show
SDSP dispenser wallet
Marsupio €-Bag Dispenser Tagli Monete · SDSP page and invoices
wallet design shown only in the reasoned statement
wallet design from Athrisi website
http://athrisi.gr · Wayback Machine / athrisi.gr · disclosed 2002-08-02
coin dispenser design from Athrisi website
http://athrisi.gr · Wayback Machine / athrisi.gr · disclosed 2002-08-02
purse design shown only in frontal view
http://www.fuxiafor.it · Wayback Machine / fuxiafor.it · disclosed 2003-02-02
purse design shown only in frontal view
http://www.fuxiafor.it · Wayback Machine / fuxiafor.it · disclosed 2003-02-02
SDSP Marsupion Eurobag wallet design
Wayback Machine / SDSP page · disclosed 2003-02-09
SDSP Marsupion Eurobag wallet design
SDSP page
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Articles 25(1)(b), 8(1) and 6, arguing the wallet design was technically dictated and lacked individual character over multiple earlier purse and coin-dispenser designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted that some coin-dispenser features were technically dictated, but found not all visible features of the contested design were solely dictated by technical function.
- ›The Division found none of the invoked earlier designs had been properly disclosed with sufficiently reliable evidence for an Article 6 comparison before the priority or filing date.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
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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