Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-19
000119400
Contested design: 008529499-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008529499-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Pars Pro Toto BVBAvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Snepkaai 5, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
AME Group Marcin Hernas
Poland (PL)
ul. Jaskółcza 58, 43340 Kozy, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
flying disc (toy)
RCD No 007328141-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-12-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested flying disc lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 007328141-0001 and also invoked Article 25(1)(d).
- ›Holder argued differences in the hole arrangement and central circle created novelty and a different overall impression, and also relied on additional prior designs to allege market saturation.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) did not apply because the earlier RCD had been published before the contested filing date, so it was not a prior right within that provision.
- ›Assessing individual character under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(b), the Division found the designer had broad freedom and the differences were too minor to alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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