Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-30
000122214
Contested design: 002421149-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002421149-0001 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
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, Spain
Represented by
Prior art cited (8)
ArborSystems injector gun/pistol shown in five YouTube video screenshots
YouTube videos cited in Docs. 1-7 · YouTube · disclosed 2011-02-18
ArborSystems injector pistol shown in conference-proceedings and blog screenshots
Docs. 9-10 · docplayer.net / emeraldtreecarellc.com
ArborSystems injector pistol shown in ArborSystems flyer webpages/PDFs
Docs. 16-17, 19-20 · arborsystems.com
Scientific-article extract referring to ArborSystems injector tests but not showing the invoked design
Portuguese screenshots of an ArborSystems injector gun without a reliable dated disclosure
Online images of an ArborSystems injector gun rejected because the design details were not shown with sufficient clarity
Various websites
ArborSystems coupling-needle designs, considered different goods from the contested injector gun
YouTube videos dated 2011-02-18 · YouTube · disclosed 2011-02-18
Portuguese extract that did not show the invoked design
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on multiple pre-2014 ArborSystems injector-gun disclosures from YouTube and other websites.
- ›The holder filed no observations or evidence in reply despite being given time to respond.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of three earlier injector-gun designs but rejected other items as unclear, undated, untranslated, or relating to different goods.
- ›Because none of the accepted earlier designs was identical to the contested design, the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
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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