Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-19
000121775
Contested design: 004561132-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 004561132-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tomasz Mentelvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Brzezina 76, 49300 Brzeg, Poland
Represented by
Anna Korbela, Marek Andrzej Besler
Holder · RCD owner
Marcin Nykiel, MPM Projektvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Roźwienica 111, 37565 Roźwienica, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Sas
Prior art cited (2)
online forum extracts showing the ceramic vortex burner in the holder's boiler
https://forum.infoogrzewanie.pl/ · forum.infoogrzewanie.pl · disclosed 2016-03-25
YouTube video sequences concerning the MPM DS 19 boiler showing the ceramic vortex burner
YouTube · disclosed 2017-03-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the burner embodied in the contested design is an internal boiler part with features solely dictated by technical function and hardly visible in normal use.
- ›Applicant relied on a forum disclosure, a YouTube video, and the holder's boiler manual; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the burner's shape and six holes serve combustion and airflow requirements and do not play any aesthetic role in the boiler's appearance.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 8(1), without examining the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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