Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-30
000124085
Contested design: 015031514-0004
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 015031514-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Patryk Boguszewskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Stefana Batorego 25, 05530 Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Paweł Kośmider
Poland (PL)
Os. Wichrowe wzgórze 30/47, 61-698 Poznań, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Transjee A10 1080P Mini LED LCD Projector smart projector
https://archiwum-allegro.pl; code No 12 075 048 212 · archiwum-allegro.pl · disclosed 2022-09-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier internet disclosures of a smart projector made before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was effectively undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the archived Allegro offer as a prior public disclosure and found the designer's freedom relatively broad for projector appearance.
- ›The contested design and the prior projector created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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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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