Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-27
000120869
Contested design: 009042765-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against RCD No 009042765-0002 is rejected, and the applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del modelo comunitario registrado n.º 009042765-0002. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
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, Polonia
Represented by
Clare Cornell
Holder · RCD owner
Sergiy Fatkulayev
Poland (PL)
Ząbkowska 18/58, 03-735 Warszawa, Polonia
Represented by
Daniel Kurdubski
Prior art cited (2)
car mats for automobiles
002555912-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-11-10
screenshots from a YouTube video showing a car mat design
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2020-03-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested car-mat design lacked novelty and individual character over D1 and D2, and that the vehicle floor well constrained the shape so the surface pattern should drive the comparison.
- ›Holders replied that car mats for the same vehicle can still be designed differently, so the designer's freedom was not narrowly constrained and the cited prior art did not negate novelty or individual character.
- ›The Division accepted D1 and D2 as disclosed but found the applicant had not proved that the contested shape was technically dictated or that the design corpus was so saturated that small differences would be discounted.
- ›Comparing overall impressions, the Division found clear differences from both D1 and D2 and concluded the contested design remained new and had individual character, so the invalidity 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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