Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-14
000122457
Contested design: 008823033-0008
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 008823033-0008 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)
nail lamp
https://archiwum.allegro.pl · Allegro online Archive · disclosed 2020-07-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, alternatively, lack of individual character based on an earlier nail lamp disclosed in an Allegro archive listing ending on 21 July 2020.
- ›The holders disputed disclosure and argued the prior images were too unclear, designer freedom was limited by function, and the designs differed in shape, folds, proportions, controls, and inscriptions.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro archive as sufficient internet disclosure before the filing date and found the earlier design's relevant features visible enough for comparison.
- ›It held the common features outweighed minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user and lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid, and the holders were ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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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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