Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-25
000122216
Contested design: 002421149-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 002421149-0004. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
B.C.V. - Produtos de Manutenção Industrial e Serviços, LDA.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua Roberto Ivens Nº. 1 L8/9, 2910-719 Setúbal, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sol i Vent Paisatjes, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Ronda Auguste y Louis Lumiere nº 31, 46980 Paterna, España
Prior art cited (1)
Screenshot from a video showing ArborSystems coupling needle design for use with an injector-gun syringe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-uPgybbK4 · YouTube / ArborSystems · disclosed 2011-02-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on ArborSystems YouTube videos and screenshots allegedly disclosing the same coupling needle design before 10 March 2014.
- ›The holder filed no observations and submitted no evidence in reply despite being given time to respond.
- ›The Division accepted the publicly accessible YouTube video dated 18 February 2011 as prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the prior design and the contested design identical in all relevant features, so the contested RCD lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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