Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-02
000122475
Contested design: 009184435-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009184435-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Design4u ASvia PDF extraction
Norway (NO)
Grini næringspark 12, 1361 Østerås, Norway
Holder · RCD owner
Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno – Handlowo - Usługowe ‘ANDERS’ Export – Import Setla Wiesławvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Węglowa 21, 34-300 Żywiec Poland
Represented by
Anna Bożek-Mozgała
Prior art cited (1)
RTV cabinet 'Air med STOFFDØR' shown in Facebook posts
https://www.facebook.com · Facebook
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested RTV cabinet lacked novelty because it was identical to its earlier “Air med STOFFDØR” cabinet disclosed on Facebook before the filing date.
- ›Holder argued its design differed through a rear cable-opening solution relevant to audiovisual cabinets and therefore produced a different appearance.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook posts as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the rear cavity an immaterial detail with minimal visual impact.
- ›Because the compared cabinets were materially identical, the contested design lacked novelty and the invalidity application was upheld in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
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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