Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-08
000125257
Contested design: 015020783-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015020783-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Carl Freudenberg KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Höhnerweg 2-4, 69469 Weinheim, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ewa Niemyjska
Poland (PL)
Dworska 5b/7, 15-756 Białystok Poland
Prior art cited (1)
pad for cleaning the floor / mop accessory
RCD No 003476001-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-12-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying at least on earlier RCD No 003476001-0001.
- ›The holder obtained an extension to respond but filed no observations within the time limit.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed before the filing date and compared the designs from the informed user's perspective.
- ›It held the differences were minor and did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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