Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-27
000119920
Contested design: 002452904-0001
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 002452904-0001 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
Rodon International BVvia PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Weeresteinstraat 138, 2181GD Hillegom, Netherlands
Represented by
Lambert Heinrich Eduard Drenthe, Aranka Ivonne Keur
Holder · RCD owner
Meyn Beheer B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Westeinde 6, 1511 MA Oostzaan, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Meyn's earlier line weigher / weighing shackle
'New Line weigher for sorting lines' · Poultry World weblog · disclosed 2011-11-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for no novelty or individual character and under Articles 4(2), 8(1) and 8(2), relying mainly on a 2011 Poultry World web article and images of Meyn’s earlier line weigher.
- ›Holder argued the cited earlier shackle was materially different in dimensions, contours and overall impression, was not solely functional or must-fit, and the contested design was not a component part of a complex product.
- ›The Division rejected the late Facebook video, found no proof for the Article 4(2), 8(1) or 8(2) objections, and held the web image too unclear to establish prior disclosure for novelty or individual character.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder’s fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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