Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-02
000125300
Contested design: 000624697-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 000624697-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 000624697-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Novodom d.o.o.via PDF extraction
SI
Podbevškova ulica 15, 8000 Novo mesto, Slovenia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
3S Sport D.O.O.via PDF extraction
SI
Perovo 25, 1240 Kamnik, Slovenia
Represented by
Marjan Pipan
Prior art cited (1)
grey purse/wallet for storing coins or banknotes
http://athrisi.gr/bags.html; http://athrisi.gr/grey.html · Wayback Machine / athrisi.gr · disclosed 2002-08-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing average designer freedom and relying on an earlier purse or wallet disclosed on archived webpages before the priority date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine screenshots as proof of prior disclosure and found the prior and contested purse designs shared the same main features, differing only in non-decisive colour tones.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmilla ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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