Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-25
000124780
Contested design: 004731347-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 0047313470007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Airtechnic - Chatzoudis Etaireia Periorismenis Euthynisvia PDF extraction
GR
Nea Chalkidona, Athens, Greece
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
D.Ellinas Factory Products LTDvia PDF extraction
CY
Limassol, Cyprus
Represented by
Konstantina Diola
Prior art cited (2)
linear nozzle shown in an ECOTHERMIKI leaflet extract
ECOTHERMIKI leaflet (Annex 4 / Exhibit 7) · disclosed 2014-08-21
Linear Bar Grilles
Air Master Equipment Emirates LLC catalogue 'LINEAR BAR GRILLES' (Annex 5 / Exhibit 8)
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the air-conditioning grille design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosed linear grille designs D1 and D2.
- ›The holder argued that the prior designs were not properly disclosed, that Article 7 protected the prior disclosure, and that the contested design had individual character.
- ›The Division rejected D1 as insufficiently proven and source-uncertain, but accepted D2 based on the third-party catalogue and found no facts excluding EU-sector awareness.
- ›Comparing D2 with the contested design, the Division found only minor differences within average designer freedom, so the same overall impression led to invalidity and costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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