Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-16
000130202
Contested design: 015073516-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015073516-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015073516-0001 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
Wistron Industrial Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
SC
Victoria Mahe, Seychelles
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sc Pamaba SRLvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Falticeni, Romania
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
building materials, roof coverings, plates [building], and bandage panels for construction
EU design registration No 015052328-0003 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2024-03-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU design registration No 015052328-0003 and cited additional registered roof-covering designs to argue a crowded sector.
- ›The holder replied that the invalidity application was unfounded and should be rejected.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier registered design but found the applicant had not proved severe limits on designer freedom or market saturation affecting the informed user’s perception.
- ›Comparing the corrugation architecture, ridge spacing, profile and surface modulation, the Division found a different overall impression, so the contested design retained novelty and individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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