Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-21
000122054
Contested design: 015016131-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015016131-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Matthew Rougevia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Flat 9, 73 Philbeach Gardens, London SW5 9EY, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Scott Nettelton
Sweden (SE)
Lövmånadsgatan 2, 415 42 Göteborg, Sweden
Prior art cited (1)
registered UK surface pattern design with zigzag dotted lines and the verbal element 'VALORE'
UK design registration No 4039722 · UKIPO design database · disclosed 2015-04-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design lacked novelty because an identical earlier UK registered design had been disclosed before the filing date.
- ›In support, the applicant relied on extracts for UK design No 4039722 and a sworn declaration identifying himself as that earlier design's creator.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier design validly disclosed, considered any differences immaterial, and held the contested design not new under Article 5(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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