Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-14
000124998
Contested design: 008612881-0001
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 0086128810001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Glock Gesellschaft m.b.H.via PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Gaston-Glock-Park 1, 9170 Ferlach, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Evolution International S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Viale Emilia 83/a, 20093 Cologno Monzese, Italy
Prior art cited (1)
design compared for novelty
Community design No 001743501-0003 · Community design register · disclosed 2010-08-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the contested design was identical to earlier Community design No 001743501-0003 published in 2010.
- ›The applicant filed an extract from the Office designs database for the earlier Community design; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found publication of the earlier Community design proved disclosure under Article 7(1) and, absent rebuttal, accepted it as prior art.
- ›The Division considered the compared designs identical, held the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5, and declared it invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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