Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-20
000121543
Contested design: 001669771-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 001669771-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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 (2)
coin dispenser / appliance for storing and taking coins
CN 2845035Y (application No 200520130517.9) · China · disclosed 2005-11-04
pouch with coin dispenser and belt
RCD No 000624697-0001 · Community design register · disclosed 2007-04-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested pouch design was dictated by technical function and also lacked individual character over an earlier RCD showing a highly similar coin-dispenser pouch.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations and left the invalidity claims undefended.
- ›The Division rejected the full technical-function attack because not all visible features were solely function-driven, although it excluded protection for certain coin-dispenser features under Article 8(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the remaining protectable features with prior RCD No 000624697-0001, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and declared the contested design invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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