Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-23
000120582
Contested design: 008770184-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 008770184-0004 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
RED-ICE Leszek Dominikvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Nowa 8, 84123 Widlino, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Mollylac Michał Szewczykvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90361 Łódź, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (5)
XL COSMETIC BOX FOR LAMP VARNISH LARGE + BELT
7667600284 · archivum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2019-05-27
XL COSMETIC BOX FOR COSMETICS LAMP LAMPS
7531658240 · archivum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2019-12-03
XL COSMETIC CASE FOR LAMP LAMP black
7710410302 · archivum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2019-03-04
Cosmetic case for hairdressing lamp XL-XJ054
6873136223 · archivum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2017-09-26
Sunone Cosmetic Case Xl Black Rugged
8065097969 · archivum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2019-12-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the cosmetic case lacked novelty and individual character because five earlier cosmetic cases already on the market showed the same essential features.
- ›Holder argued the contested design differed in drawer arrangement, handle shape, and surface pattern or colour, and also contested whether the alleged prior designs were validly disclosed.
- ›The Division held the applicant had not proven prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR because it submitted only compiled documents and hyperlinks, not reliable website printouts or screenshots showing source and date.
- ›Without proven disclosure, the invalidity grounds under Articles 5 and 6 CDR could not succeed, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKĖ
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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