Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-07
000130127
Contested design: 015042284-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; registered EU design No 015042284-0002 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015042284-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gromtor Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wroclaw, Poland
Represented by
Anna Rokicka
Holder · RCD owner
Albor Bogdan Niedbałavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Murowana Goślina, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Konklewska
Prior art cited (1)
OG5 lightning protection bracket
https://odgrom.pl/uchwyt-instalacyjny-og5; https://odgrom.pl/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/odgrom-og5-og6.pdf · odgrom.pl website and product card · disclosed 2020-10-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of the holder's OG5 lightning protection bracket on its website, product card and price list.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the application undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the 2020 and 2022 disclosures as proven and public, found the informed user would perceive no different overall impression, and treated any unseen bottom-view differences as immaterial.
- ›The Division upheld the application, declared the contested design invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6 EUDR, and ordered the holder to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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