Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-04
000122277
Contested design: 003119601-0012
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003119601-0012 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Топ Тен EOOD
Bulgaria (BG)
ul. Zhelezarska no. 9, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Represented by
Stoyan Sirakov
Holder · RCD owner
Doors Bulgaria EOOD
Bulgaria (BG)
j.k. ‘Pobeda’, bl. 9, floor 2, app. 10, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Prior art cited (1)
door
http://vrati-sofia.net · Wayback Machine / vrati-sofia.net · disclosed 2016-05-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier door designs.
- ›The applicant relied on Wayback Machine screenshots of http://vrati-sofia.net archived on 07/05/2016 showing prior design D1; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found D1 had been validly disclosed online before the filing date and that the contested design differed only in immaterial details.
- ›The contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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