Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-12
000126918
Contested design: 003517713-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 003517713-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
ARB Europe s.r.ovia PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
P3 Prague D1, Hala DC03, Kunice 227, 251 63 Kunice, Czech Republic
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Capaventure - Equipamentos Para Lazer e Tempos Livres, Lda.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Zona Industrial de Lavagueiras, 4550 536 Castelo de Paiva, Portugal
Represented by
Abel Dário Pinto de Oliveira
Prior art cited (2)
James Baroud 'Evasion Evolution' rooftop tent
Go Camping & 4WD Adventures · Australia
James Baroud 'Evasion Evolution' rooftop tent 2015 model brochure
brochure
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over the earlier James Baroud 'Evasion Evolution' rooftop tent.
- ›It relied on a 2015 brochure and October-November 2015 magazine extracts to show prior disclosure before the contested design's 14 December 2016 filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the applicant's comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the earlier design sufficiently disclosed and the overall impressions too similar, so it upheld the application and invalidated the contested design.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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