Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-07
000123140
Contested design: 001650532-0012
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 001650532-0012 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Giampiero Castagnolivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Maragliano, 75, 50144 Firenze, Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Archedes s.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via San Vincenzo, 24, 20123 Milano, Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
prior shower head design shown in the 2008 "Privatewellness" catalogs
modello n. 32842 · Gessi "Privatewellness" catalogs
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing that the contested shower head design had been anticipated by earlier public disclosures.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the alleged disclosure or the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the 2008 Gessi "Privatewellness" catalogs as proof of prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for shower heads.
- ›Comparing the protected view of the contested design with the earlier design, the Division found the differences minor and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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