Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-30
000125195
Contested design: 009155203-0003
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 009155203-0003 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 inconsistent views meant the contested RCD did not clearly represent a single product and therefore failed to qualify as a design under Article 3(a).
- ›The holder responded that all views depicted the same rail-mounted concrete-production installation, with some images being permissible partial or sectional views.
- ›The Division found the seven views coherent when read together, with views 3.2 and 3.5 as partial views and view 3.4 as a sectional view of the same product.
- ›The invalidity ground under Article 25(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 3(a) was not made out, so the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
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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