Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-29
000124336
Contested design: 008837884-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008837884-0004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
KCT GmbH & Co. KGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Robert-Bosch-Str. 30, 72348 Rosenfeld, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Radosław Pryba
Poland (PL)
Kolejowa 15, 67-300 Szprotawa, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
ISR sun visor / roller blind handrail profile
http:/www.kctechnik.com/em/blinds.html · WayBackMachine Internet Archive and applicant Product Catalogue 2013 · disclosed 2013-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier ISR handrail design shown on its website, in its 2013 catalogue, invoices, drawings and comparison photos.
- ›Holder denied sufficient proof of public disclosure, disputed that the cited invoices identified the same design, and argued the visible handle features, proportions and surface finish materially differed.
- ›The Division accepted that the website and 2013 catalogue disclosed a prior handrail before filing, but not the cross-section or other internal features shown only in non-public drawings and unclear photos.
- ›Because the prior design evidence did not permit a sufficiently clear full comparison, the Division found neither the same overall impression nor identity had been proven.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, the hearing request was refused, and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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