Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-27
000121523
Contested design: 006272522-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006272522-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Przedsiębiorstwo, ‘Ttoolco\’ Kazimierz Mitroszewskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Komunalna 11, 15-197 Białystok, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wirplast– Więcek Spółka Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Stawowa 9a, 42-287 Babienica, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ventilation fittings
RCD No 005289642-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-06-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier ventilation-element designs disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the contested design differed in grooves, cover shape, vents and the prominent WIRPLAST mark, and that functional constraints narrowed design freedom.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of prior RCD No 005289642-0001, found no proven severe limits on design freedom, and considered the shared shape features dominant overall.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design produced no different overall impression on the informed user and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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