Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-30
000122096
Contested design: 015019759-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder 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 0150197590002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dambat Jastrzębski Spółka komandytowo-akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Adamów 50, 05825 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Helena Beata Gajek
Holder · RCD owner
Firma Handlowa IN-HOME Justyna Siudek
Poland (PL)
Tczewska 1, 86170 Nowe, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
pumps for liquids
Community design No 0089274790001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier RCD No 0089274790001 and also mentioned technical-function concerns.
- ›The holder argued the earlier design had been misrepresented, the contested design remained new and individually distinctive, and functional constraints plus a crowded sector made minor differences significant.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its bulletin publication, found designer freedom for liquid pumps not considerably limited, and rejected the holder's market-saturation argument for lack of evidence.
- ›Comparing the overall appearance, the Division held the differences in colour, label, and cable component did not alter the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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