Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-12
000121836
Contested design: 008566822-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008566822-0003 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
Smart View s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Nivy 313, 76502 Otrokovice Czech Republic
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
AMV Technology s.r.o.
Czechia (CZ)
Masarykovo náměstí 210, 76361 Napajedla Czech Republic
Represented by
Tomas Pavlica
Prior art cited (1)
matrix light / bar light design
MX-90 · catalogue, emails, trade fair materials, and Internet Archive website captures relied on by the applicant
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged the contested matrix light lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier MX-90 light and also claimed unauthorized use of a copyright-protected work under Czech law.
- ›The holder asked for rejection of the invalidity application and maintenance of the contested design in the Register.
- ›The Division found the catalogue, invoices, technical drawings, emails, trade-fair materials, and Wayback Machine captures did not solidly prove prior disclosure of the relied-on design under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›On the copyright ground, the Division held the applicant had not proved ownership or enforceable rights in the invoked work because the submitted declaration showed it was only a licensee.
- ›The application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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