Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-05
000121025
Contested design: 001388524-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0013885240001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Patryk Zieleźnicki trading as Stretch Concept Patryk Zieleźnickivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Szkolna, nr 1, lok. A, 05503 Głosków, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Folpol Robert Barzyk, Jacek Cyganvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mikołaja Reja 6, 05532 Wólka Załęska, Poland
Represented by
Joanna Kluczewska-Strojny
Prior art cited (9)
foil material for packing and palletizing
National design registration No 19541 · Polish Patent Office official gazette · disclosed 2013-06-29
foil material for packing and palletizing
National design registration No 19669 · Polish Patent Office official gazette · disclosed 2013-07-31
foil material for packing and palletizing
National design registration No 19668 · Polish Patent Office official gazette · disclosed 2013-07-31
foil material for packing and palletizing
National design registration No 19666 · Polish Patent Office official gazette · disclosed 2013-07-31
reinforced plastic film
WO 02/096634 A1 · WIPO · disclosed 2002-12-05
thin film made of extensible plastic material for packaging, reinforced and at least partially stretched, having high mechanical strength
EP 1 789 249 B1 · European Patent Office · disclosed 2008-02-27
stretch film having heat-sealed edges
EP 1 095 759 B1 · European Patent Office · disclosed 2004-11-17
film with reinforced borders and edges
EP 2 205 439 B1 · European Patent Office · disclosed 2015-08-12
foils with reinforced borders and edges
EP 2 047 985 A1 · European Patent Office · disclosed 2009-04-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the registration was unclear under Article 3(a) and that nine earlier foil-related designs and patent disclosures destroyed novelty or at least individual character.
- ›Holder responded that both views showed the same plastic foil product, the cited prior designs differed materially, and earlier EUIPO decisions had already rejected similar attacks.
- ›The Division found the two views consistently depicted one product and that the registration was clear, certain and precise enough to satisfy Article 3(a) CDR.
- ›The Division assessed each prior design separately and held that differences in stripe arrangement, edge construction and proportions produced different overall impressions on the informed user.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 toward the holder’s costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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