Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-24
000121814
Contested design: 015009327-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015009327-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Carl Freudenberg KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Höhnerweg 2-4, 69469 Weinheim, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Mama Margaret sp. z o.o. sp.k.
Poland (PL)
Trzmiela 2, 60-185 Skórzewo Poland
Prior art cited (1)
mops (accessories for -)
RCD No 0009142763-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-08-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested mop design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier mop designs had already been disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder replied that the compared designs were different and asked the Office to reject the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of earlier RCD No 0009142763-0001 in the Community Designs Bulletin as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the compared designs identical apart from immaterial details, held that the contested design lacked novelty, and upheld the application with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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