Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-30
000124135
Contested design: 015031514-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015031514-0002 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)
Amazon customer-review images of a 'Kyaster Native 1080p Projector' smart projector
https://www.amazon.pl · Amazon.pl · disclosed 2023-02-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested smart-projector design lacked novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier Amazon-disclosed images of a Kyaster projector published before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon review printouts as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the prior and contested designs virtually identical in overall impression.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom for projector appearance, the minor differences did not alter the overall impression; the application was upheld and the contested design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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