Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-12
000123054
Contested design: 008687073-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0086870730001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Industrias Lotu, S.A.
Spain (ES)
Polígono Industrial Landaben, c/a, 31012 Pamplona (Navarra) Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fercomacess, Lda.
Portugal (PT)
Rua da Liberdade, n.º 135, P3750791 Trofa, Portugal
Represented by
Miguel Alexandre de Oliveira Soares Fernandes
Prior art cited (1)
IFS catalogue disclosure of pivot M6 x 45mm / pivot M6 x 47mm
codes 30100645 and 30100647 · IFS – Industrial Fastening Solutions 2011 catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, invisibility in normal use, and features allegedly dictated solely by technical function.
- ›The holder argued the design was an innovative anti-vibration pivot with distinctive features and said the applicants were selling copies already challenged in Portuguese court proceedings.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the 2011 IFS catalogue design, found designer freedom limited, and held the prior and contested designs created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, so the contested design was declared invalid without examining the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | human 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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