Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-27
000120867
Contested design: 008165971-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holders' costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008165971-0001 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
Evaline Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Zamknieta 10/1.6, 30-554 Krakow, Poland
Represented by
Clare Cornell
Holder · RCD owner
Sergiy Fatkulayev
Poland (PL)
Ząbkowska 18/58, 03-735 Warszawa Poland
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Prior art cited (2)
carpets for automobiles
RCD No 002555912-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-11-10
mats for automobiles
RCD No 000418090-0006 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2005-12-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested car-mat design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs D1 and D2, and said the mat shape was functionally constrained by the vehicle footwell.
- ›The holders disputed any severe constraint on design freedom, arguing car mats for the same vehicle can be shaped differently and that the cited prior designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed, but found the applicant had not proved that the mat shape was dictated by technical function or that the sector was so crowded as to narrow design freedom significantly.
- ›Because the contested design differed in overall shape, proportions, materials, and composition from D1 and D2, it had individual character and could not be identical for novelty purposes; the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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