Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-13
000120760
Contested design: 006778205-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006778205-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
PatentEnter s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Koliště 1965/13a, 60200 Brno-Černá pole, Czechia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhejiang Zhengte Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 811, Oriental Ave., Linhai, Zhejiang 317004, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
louvered roof pergola shown in a YouTube video screenshot
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2018-12-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying mainly on a YouTube-disclosed earlier louvered roof pergola and arguing several contested features were technical or insignificant.
- ›The holder denied technical-function objections were substantiated, claimed designer freedom was constrained, and argued differences in proportions, screws, crank handle, and louver-blade design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshot as prior disclosure, found high designer freedom for gazebos, and treated the contested design's main visible structure and blade arrangement as very close to the earlier design.
- ›The small differences identified by the holder did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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