Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-16
000121483
Contested design: 006306833-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid in full, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006306833-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hannes Freudenthaler
Austria (AT)
Almesberg 6/2 A, 4211 Alberndorf, Linz, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hermanus Johannes Matheus Verdegaal
Netherlands (NL)
Legioen 8, 2211ZZ Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
Prior art cited (1)
steps, ladders and scaffolds
RCD No 002293811-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-09-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested two-step folding ladder was effectively identical to the holder's earlier RCD and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›To support disclosure, the applicant filed an Office database extract for earlier Community design No 002293811-0001 published on 3 September 2013.
- ›The holder filed no reply despite being invited, so the Division assessed novelty first under Articles 5 and 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed and that the compared ladder designs differed only in immaterial details, so the contested RCD was not new and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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