Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-13
000122458
Contested design: 008823033-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders 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 008823033-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Activeshop Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Graniczna 8B DC2A, 54-610 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Agnieszka Byra
Holder · RCD owner
Piotr Malinowski
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Łódź Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (1)
cutter round cylinder for nail milling machines
https://archiwum.allegro.pl · Allegro online Archive · disclosed 2018-07-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier ceramic roller cutter disclosed in an Allegro auction archive before the filing date.
- ›Holders argued the online disclosure was insufficient and that differences in length, proportions, pin, and pattern created a different overall impression in a constrained design field.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Allegro archive as proof of public disclosure and found the relevant features visible enough for comparison under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It held the designer's freedom was at least average and that similarities dominated, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca Julia SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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