Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-07
000124157
Contested design: 004076065-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004076065-0009 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
BRN S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Giorgio Amendola, 22, 47034 Forlimpopoli (FC), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Invented Here B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Ettenseweg 7 A, 7071 AA Ulft, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Rightway bicycle bag
Rightway catalogue 2017
case for cameras and video cameras and accessories
RCD No 000049176-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2003-11-25
bag
RCD No 001607466-0010 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-09-21
bag
RCD No 003302884-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested bicycle-bag design had inconsistent views, some function-driven features, and lacked novelty or individual character over D1 to D4 and other cited disclosures.
- ›The holder replied that no new Article 25(1)(a) ground could be introduced, D1 was not proven pre-filing, the sector was crowded, and the contested design differed materially from the cited designs.
- ›The Division found D1 not proven disclosed before filing, D4 excluded by the Article 7(2) grace period, and the additional unargued designs and URLs disregarded.
- ›Comparing only D2 and D3, the Division held that pronounced differences in the bags' structure, flap, pockets, handles and closures created different overall impressions, so novelty and individual character remained intact.
- ›The Article 25(1)(b) application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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