Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-23
000122480
Contested design: 002126649-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002126649-0002 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
Tomasz Bentkowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Jesionowa 14, 62-005 Owińska, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Lilou Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Filtrowa 50, 02-032 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Łukasz Baszczyński
Prior art cited (7)
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Undated image of an invoked prior jewelry design.
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested jewelry charm lacked novelty and individual character because openwork lily designs were already widely used in trade.
- ›To support invalidity, the applicant filed seven images of alleged prior designs but provided no dates or disclosure sources for any of them.
- ›The holder argued the application was unfounded because the evidence did not show when, by whom, or under what circumstances the alleged prior designs had been disclosed.
- ›The Division held that disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR must be proven by solid and objective evidence; undated, source-less images were insufficient, so the invalidity claim failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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