Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-28
000124440
Contested design: 015030977-0002
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 0150309770002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nordmount ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Fabriksgatan 10, 33135 Värnamo, Sweden
Holder · RCD owner
Solifokus Sverige ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Tuvullsvägen 2, 554 75 Jönköping, Sweden
Represented by
Christoph Siebmanns
Prior art cited (12)
attachment device
RCD No 0150127640001 · Community design register · disclosed 2023-03-14
part of attachment device
RCD No 0150127640002 · Community design register · disclosed 2023-03-14
part of attachment device
RCD No 0150127640003 · Community design register · disclosed 2023-03-14
attachment device
RCD No 0150127640004 · Community design register · disclosed 2023-03-14
part of attachment device
RCD No 0150127640005 · Community design register · disclosed 2023-03-14
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
DE 10 2010 007 016 A1 · German patent application · disclosed 2011-08-11
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
DE 20 2009 000 960 U1 · German utility model · disclosed 2009-05-14
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
DE 20 2016 003 333 U1 · German utility model · disclosed 2016-08-04
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
Dutch patent No 2011649 · Dutch patent · disclosed 2015-04-29
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
US patent No 4 261 338 · US patent · disclosed 1981-04-14
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
WO 2014/020006 A1 · PCT application · disclosed 2014-02-06
hooked device for mounting solar panels on roofs
WO 2021/086185 A1 · PCT application · disclosed 2021-05-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the fixing-bracket design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs D1 to D5, and submitted Annexes 2 to 8 to show broad design freedom in the sector.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCDs, rejected the Article 8(1) objection for lack of proof, and found at least average designer freedom for fixing brackets.
- ›Comparing the contested design with D4, the Division found the same overall S-shaped structure and no different overall impression, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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