Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-10
000121573
Contested design: 007366828-0001
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 007366828-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
UAB Ergoventvia PDF extraction
LT
Tyrulių g. 26, 46302 Kaunas, Lithuania
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Prior art cited (1)
Circular air diffuser with a flat central circle, annular concavity and convexity, and cut-off parallel edges on the base.
Ventmann Facebook post of 01/04/2018 and web.archive.org capture of Ventmann website on 07/11/2018 · www.facebook.com / web.archive.org · disclosed 2018-04-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the air diffuser had been publicly disclosed by related companies in 2017 and 2018, outside the 12-month grace period.
- ›The applicant argued the only notable difference was a rear fastening element serving interconnection and invisible in normal use; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the internet evidence as proving disclosure before 10/12/2018, found at least average designer freedom, and gave limited weight to the rear element because it is hidden in use.
- ›The contested design created the same overall impression as the prior diffuser, lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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