Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-22
000120718
Contested design: 008037261-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0080372610001 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
Gyula Szivosvia PDF extraction
Hungary (HU)
Bercsényi utca 6., 5340 Kunhegyes, Hungary
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nándor Szőnyivia PDF extraction
SK
ul. E.B. Lukáca 1356/36, 94501 Komárno, Slovakia
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
grass grid slab with circular holes
Facebook · disclosed 2019-10-09
partially shown grass grid slab with circular holes
Facebook · disclosed 2019-07-30
green rectangular grass grid slab
Facebook · disclosed 2019-12-14
grass grid slab disclosed on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/tfaan.nl · Facebook · disclosed 2019-10-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over four Facebook-disclosed grass-grid designs and also argued the edge connectors were purely functional under Article 8(1).
- ›The holder replied that the cited disclosures came from its former business partner within the 12-month grace period and resulted from information provided by, or abuse toward, the holder.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1, D3 and D4, but found D2 insufficiently shown because the images did not reveal the whole design clearly enough for comparison.
- ›It found the invoked disclosures stemmed from the holder's earlier drawings and business relationship, so Article 7(2) or 7(3) prevented all cited designs from counting against the contested design.
- ›The application was rejected as unsubstantiated, with no need to assess novelty, individual character or Article 8 further, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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