Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-30
000124056
Contested design: 002421149-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld; Registered Community design No 002421149-0001 is declared invalid; the holder is ordered to bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 002421149-0001. 3. Se condena a la titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Francisco Luis Mendes Valadasvia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua Alexandre Oneil, n.º 5, 2.º B, 2950-561 Quinta Do Anjo, Portugal
Represented by
Ana Maria Ferreira Pereira da Silva Veiga
Holder · RCD owner
Sol i Vent Paisatjes, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Ronda Auguste y Louis Lumiere nº 31, 46980 Paterna, España
Represented by
Encarnación Arias Castellano
Prior art cited (1)
View of the ArborSystems injection gun
Facebook.com/photo/?fbid=453134001365354&set=a.453124968032924 · ArborSystems Facebook page · disclosed 2012-05-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosed designs, especially D1.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but did not respond or contest the alleged prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed online by 31 May 2012 and found broad designer freedom for the product category.
- ›It held that the contested design created no different overall impression from D1 and therefore lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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