Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-29
000124355
Contested design: 008837884-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 008837884-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008837884-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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 roller blind 'ISR'
http:/www.kctechnik.com/em/blinds.html · WayBackMachine Internet Archive and applicant's Product Catalogue 2013 · disclosed 2013-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested sun visor lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier KCT insect screen and roller blind design disclosed before filing.
- ›The holder argued the prior design was inadequately evidenced and materially different in profile, materials, handles, colours, and overall modern appearance, so the contested design should remain registered.
- ›The Division accepted the archived webpage, catalogue, and invoices as sufficient to establish prior disclosure and found the designer's freedom at least average despite standard vehicle-window dimensions.
- ›It held that the frame, blind configuration, handles, and overall appearance created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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