Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-30
000124795
Contested design: 015046736-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015046736-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Meltom Tomasz Modzelewskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Żeromskiego 1 lok. 263, 01-887 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Holder · RCD owner
P.P.H.U.Elektromet Pytlarz Dariuszvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Leśna 31, 42-445 Szczekociny, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
UV/LED nail lamp offered on Allegro
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/lampa-do-paznokci-q1-2w1-uv-led-48w-hybrydy-zeli8608656615.html · Allegro.pl archive · disclosed 2020-04-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested nail dryer lacked novelty and individual character and conflicted with an earlier design right.
- ›The applicant relied on an Allegro.pl archive listing showing a very similar UV/LED nail lamp offered at least by 23 April 2020.
- ›The holder argued the designs were completely different and noted that other similar lamps were registered in the EUIPO database.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro disclosure, found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, and invalidated the RCD.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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