Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-06
000122334
Contested design: 007116645-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 007116645-0001 is rejected. The applicant is ordered to bear the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hormicad Arquitectura de Hormigón, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Ctra. de Bigastro -Torrevieja, km 7, 03380 Alicante, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Pretensados Durán, S. L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C/Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Marcos, 1 — A, 06010 Badajoz, Spain
Represented by
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity on the ground that all essential design features were exclusively dictated by the technical function of a concrete support for solar panels.
- ›The holder argued that the rounded inner holes or skirts reflected visual and aesthetic considerations and were not solely technically dictated.
- ›The Cancellation Division held that the applicant failed to prove that the rounded inner holes were exclusively dictated by technical function and accepted that non-technical considerations could have influenced that feature.
- ›Because at least one visible feature was not shown to be solely technically dictated, the invalidity application was dismissed and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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