Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-29
000124339
Contested design: 008837884-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008837884-0001 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)
KCT insect screen and ISR roller blind for vehicle windows
http:/www.kctechnik.com/em/blinds.html · WayBackMachine Internet Archive; applicant's Product Catalogue 2013 · disclosed 2013-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier insect screen and roller blind disclosed online, in its 2013 catalogue, and other supporting materials.
- ›The holder argued the invoked prior design was visually and functionally different, that similarities concerned technical features, and that the contested design should remain registered.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the applicant's earlier blind design from the archived webpage and catalogue, but disregarded other materials that did not clearly identify or date the invoked design.
- ›Comparing the accepted prior design with the registered design, the Division found the added vehicle window and other visible differences created a different overall impression and defeated both Article 6 and Article 5 attacks.
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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