Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-20
000128115
Contested design: 015059761-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered EU design No 0150597610001 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
Grønagergård Savværk A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Gjern, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Green Team Europe A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Sønder Omme, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
pallet
G52016 · Grøn Teknik · disclosed 2016-08-13
pallet design presented at a fair
Facebook post · Facebook · disclosed 2023-08-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty over pallet G52016 and because the pallet's appearance was solely dictated by technical function.
- ›Holder argued the cited pallet differed materially on side bracing, board placement and top structure, and said the later individual-character claim was inadmissible.
- ›The Division admitted the 2016 Grøn Teknik disclosure, excluded the later Facebook/fair design and bad-faith ground, and found only some features were shown to serve technical functions.
- ›Because the prior pallet was not identical and the design as a whole was not solely technically dictated, the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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