Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-30
000125175
Contested design: 009155203-0002
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 009155203-0002 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
Compel Rail, a.s.via PDF extraction
SK
Nákladné nádražie, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Elektrizace železnic Praha a.s.
Czechia (CZ)
náměstí Hrdinů 1693/4a, Nusle, 14000 Praha 4, Czech Republic
Represented by
David Műller
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested design's views were inconsistent and ambiguous, so the registration did not show a single design within Article 3(a) CDR.
- ›The holder replied that all seven views depicted the same product, with some views being permissible partial or sectional representations.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the views could be read together consistently as one product and that the partial and sectional views created no contradiction.
- ›The Division held that the design met Article 3(a) CDR, rejected the invalidity application, and ordered the applicant to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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