Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-29
000121616
Contested design: 002981464-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 002981464-0002 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
Gameservice s.c. (Artur Luśnia and Robert Zajdel)via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Tysiąclecia 18, 38400 Krosno, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
nano Vo Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul.Jasna 28, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
gaming terminal / machine
BF games · EAE 2017 / Entertainment Arena EXPO, Bucharest · disclosed 2017-09-04
gaming terminal / machine
Betixx
gaming terminal / machine
VSA VOEGTLE & SCHWEIZER AG · VSA VOEGTLE & SCHWEIZER AG
gaming terminal / machine
Tipbet brochure 2016 · Tipbet brochure · disclosed 2016-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on four earlier gaming-machine designs labelled D1 to D4.
- ›The holder argued the evidence was insufficient to prove timely disclosure and, in any event, the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division held the later-introduced D5 was inadmissible because it expanded the subject matter beyond the original application.
- ›The Division found none of D1 to D4 was proven disclosed before 11/02/2016 under Article 7(1), so the claimed novelty and individual-character defects were unsubstantiated.
- ›The application was rejected as unfounded, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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