Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-10
000126919
Contested design: 008788145-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 008788145-0001 è dichiarato nullo.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fercaprime SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Camino de Brijan Urb. Toscana Hills 201, 29679 Benahavis Spain
Represented by
Tiffany De la Torre García
Holder · RCD owner
Alessio Granchivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Di Cerretalli, 12/3, 56033 Capannoli (Pisa) Italia
Prior art cited (1)
cable pulling probe
WO 2006/027400 · WIPO patent publication · disclosed 2006-03-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested insertion tool lacked novelty and individual character over D1, an international patent application.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division treated patent publication WO 2006/027400 as sufficient disclosure and found the coiled flexible cable and ring-ended terminals produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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