Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-04
000120519
Contested design: 002841650-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002841650-0001 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)
'NAMELESS' radiator shown in Facebook posts from a third-party profile
Facebook account “Дизайн-радиаторы Instal Projekt в Молдове” · disclosed 2014-09-30
'NAMELESS' radiator shown in Instal Projekt technical catalogue with drawings
GRZEJNIKI DLA PROFESJONALISTY / RADIATORS FOR A PRO · Instal Projekt catalogue · disclosed 2014-10-15
'NAMELESS' radiator offered in Leroy Merlin catalogue
Leroy Merlin grzejniki 2014/2015 collection · Leroy Merlin catalogue · disclosed 2014-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of the same radiator model before the grace period.
- ›Holder challenged the reliability and public availability of the Facebook post and catalogues, and argued the contested design remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Division found the Facebook and catalogue evidence credible and sufficient to establish prior disclosure, especially the holder’s 15/10/2014 catalogue entry for the NAMELESS radiator.
- ›Given the high degree of design freedom, the extra horizontal element per segment did not change the overall impression; the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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