Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-18
000122554
Contested design: 008104822-0001
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 008104822-0001 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
MET-GAL Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul.Galicyjska 9, 32-040 Rzeszotary, Poland
Represented by
Marek Mikosza
Holder · RCD owner
Czechpol servis s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Sokolovská 2112/74c, 32300 Plzeň, Czech Republic
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
hanger / coat hook design shown in the applicant's 2018 catalogue
Wieszak WM 40 G5 · applicant's 2018 catalogue and sales invoices
hanger / coat hook design shown on the applicant's website
Wieszak WM 040 P2 · applicant's website extracts
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier WM 040 hanger disclosures in its catalogue, invoices, and website materials.
- ›Holder denied invalidity, arguing the contested design had noticeable differences, especially screw holes, sharper edges, and a different central pin shape, and challenged disclosure of the prior designs.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of Design 1 through the catalogue corroborated by invoices, but found the website materials insufficient to prove disclosure of Design 2.
- ›Comparing the disclosed prior design with the contested design, the Division found visible differences in edges, holes, colour, and unshared views, so novelty and individual character were not defeated and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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