Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-31
000116688
Contested design: 002778647-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant is ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 002778647-0001. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas de la titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kinya Solutions, Lda.via PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Eco-Parque Empresarial de Estarreja, Rua de Veiros, N.º 11, 3860-529 Estarreja, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Polimeros Gestión Industrial, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Autovía A-4 Km 412, 14013 Córdoba, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
panel
DE 10 208 687 A1 · DE patent publication · disclosed 2003-09-25
panel
EP 98940413.2 A2 · European patent application publication · disclosed 2000-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested panel was not a protectable design, its visible features were dictated by technical function or hidden in normal use, and it lacked novelty and individual character over earlier patent disclosures.
- ›The holder replied that the panel belonged to a modular roofing system under Article 8(3), remained visible in normal use, and retained design freedom and distinguishing features over the cited prior designs.
- ›The Division found the registered profile clearly identified a design, excluded the internal cellular structure from protection as purely technical, but accepted that the interconnection features fell within the modular-systems exception.
- ›It held the panel remained visible in use, treated A1 and A2 as prior disclosures, but found the protected coupling features created a different overall impression, so the design was new and had individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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