Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-23
000122278
Contested design: 002370700-0073
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, RCD No 002370700-0073 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 002370700-0073 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Топ Тен EOOD
Bulgaria (BG)
ul. Zhelezarska no. 9, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Represented by
Stoyan Sirakov
Holder · RCD owner
Doors Bulgaria EOOD
Bulgaria (BG)
j.k. 'Pobeda', bl. 9, floor 2, app. 10, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
Represented by
Kostadin Manev
Prior art cited (1)
door with a brown wood-like finish and two vertical glass panels
http://sdelalremont.ru/kak-vybrat-mezhkomnatnuyu-dver-pravilno.html · Internet Archive / Wayback Machine · disclosed 2013-08-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an archived pre-filing web disclosure of a door design.
- ›The holder argued the screenshots were unacceptable evidence, did not prove disclosure, and the cited designs did not create the same overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive screenshots as proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the prior design publicly available before the filing date.
- ›It held that the shared arbitrary features, especially the brown wood-like door with two identically placed vertical glass panels, outweighed minor differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the design invalidated with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
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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