Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-22
000121425
Contested design: 002743963-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002743963-0002 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
Abrex System S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via del viticoltore, 11-11/A, 40023 Castel Guelfo (Bologna), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guido Valentini
Italy (IT)
Via Corridoni, 4, 20122 Milano Italy
Prior art cited (3)
wrenches
Community design registration No 0001798580001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2004-08-24
long-neck angle grinder, grinding drill
International design registration No DM/050 389 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2000-03-31
Proxxon grinder shown in a YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2013-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, citing three earlier tool designs and arguing they created a similar overall impression.
- ›Holder argued the contested design produced a different overall impression and challenged the reliability of the YouTube disclosure date for D3.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D3, including the YouTube video, and found the informed user would perceive significant differences from each prior design.
- ›The invoked prior designs also did not destroy novelty, so the invalidity application was rejected in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZÁLEZ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| 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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