Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-07
000130161
Contested design: 015042284-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered EU design No 0150422840001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150422840001 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 (2)
holder's OG1 lightning conductor shown on the holder's website
www.odgrom.pl (archived via https://www.web.archive.org) · Internet Archive / www.odgrom.pl · disclosed 2017-10-31
offer for the holder's OG1 lightning conductor on allegro.pl
https://allegro.pl · allegro.pl · disclosed 2022-07-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested lightning conductor design lacked novelty because the identical OG1 product had been disclosed on the holder's website in 2017 and on allegro.pl by 2022.
- ›The holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond, so the invalidity application was undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the website and marketplace evidence as public disclosure before filing and found no perceptible differences between the prior and contested designs.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of novelty under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 5 EUDR, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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