Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-04
000120408
Contested design: 002968677-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002968677-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Luxrad Polska Mazur i Wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowo-Akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Parkowa 1, 05800 Pruszków, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Instal Projekt Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Jana Pawła II 12A, Nowa Wieś k/Włocławka, 87-853 Kruszyn, Poland
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Prior art cited (3)
Facebook post showing the 'NAMELESS' radiator
Facebook account “Дизайн-радиаторы Instal Projekt в Молдове” · disclosed 2014-09-30
instal projekt technical catalogue showing the 'NAMELESS' radiator
GRZEJNIKI DLA PROFESJONALISTY / RADIATORS FOR A PRO · instal projekt catalogue · disclosed 2014-10-15
Leroy Merlin catalogue showing the 'NAMELESS' radiator
Leroy Merlin catalogue grzejniki 2014/2015 collection · Leroy Merlin catalogue · disclosed 2014-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the radiator design had been disclosed before the grace period through a Facebook post and two catalogues, so it lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›Holder disputed the probative value of the Facebook and catalogue evidence and maintained the contested design was new and created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook and catalogue materials as reliable disclosures before 2 February 2015 and treated D2 as a valid prior design.
- ›Comparing D2 with the contested design, the Division found only a minor difference in the number of horizontal radiators and no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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