Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-17
000124536
Contested design: 015013606-0001
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 015013606-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Portas Arcuense - Fábrica de Portas Seccionadasvia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Parque Industrial de Padreiro, Lote 13, 4970-500 Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
Represented by
Joana Jorge Cerqueira
Holder · RCD owner
Motorline Electrocelos, S.A.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Travessa do Sobreiro, n.º29, Lugar do Pinheiro, 4755-474 Barcelos, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Motorline MC1 control panel
https://www.amazon.es/Motorline-maniobras-universal-monofasicos-sustituci%C3%B3n/dp/B06XD5GZ69/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=MC1+central&qid=1705076637&sr=8-1 · Amazon.es · disclosed 2017-03-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested control-panel design lacked individual character over earlier online disclosures, especially the Motorline MC1 Amazon listing.
- ›Holder challenged the quality and legal effect of some evidence and argued design differences and technical constraints created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 2A as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the key layout and component distribution closely matched.
- ›It held the differences were minor and did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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