Invalidity · first instance · 2025-05-15
000125876
Contested design: 015055060-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015055060-0001 is declared invalid. 2. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
DiagSfera Daniel Hinzvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Godziszewo, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Autoelektronika Maciej Świdnicki
Poland (PL)
Gliwice, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
Ancel S300 smoke generator
https://archiwum.allegro.pl · Allegro Archive; invoice no. 248/2023 · disclosed 2023-08-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Ancel S300 smoke generator marketed before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the applicant lacked rights in the Ancel brand and that the holder was the exclusive Polish distributor, without materially contesting the cited disclosure evidence.
- ›The Division found prior disclosure proven by the archived Allegro listing corroborated by invoice no. 248/2023, both predating 27/03/2024.
- ›Given broad designer freedom, the similarities between the devices dominated the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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