Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-18
000121484
Contested design: 005289642-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design 005289642-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design 005289642-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Przedsiębiorstwo ‘TOOLCO’ Kazimierz Mitroszewskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Komunalna 11, 15-197 Białystok, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Krono-Plast Januszka Spółka Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Ks. I. Skorupki 1, 42-100 Kłobuck, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Roof ventilating elements
RCD No 003993401-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-05-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 003993401-0002 for roof ventilating elements.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not defend the contested design.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin and found designer freedom at least average for ventilation fittings.
- ›The designs produced the same overall impression; minor detail differences were insignificant, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| 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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