Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-20
000130245
Contested design: 015092399-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 015092399-0005 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
Aderyn s. r. o.via PDF extraction
SK
Závadka nad Hronom, Slovakia
Represented by
Róbert Porubčan
Holder · RCD owner
G.B.S., s.r.o.
SK
Liptovský Trnovec, Slovakia
Represented by
Zuzana Gajdošiková
Prior art cited (1)
foil against swallows LINERA
https://www.aderyn.sk/produkt/folia-proti-lastovickam-linera/ · Internet Archive / applicant website · disclosed 2024-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed lack of novelty and individual character, alleging an earlier identical design had been disclosed on its website before the priority date.
- ›It also alleged bad faith and relied on Internet Archive captures, website extracts, a cease-and-desist letter, and other online images.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held bad faith is not an invalidity ground under Article 25(1) EUDR and found the prior-design evidence insufficient to prove disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›Because disclosure was not established, novelty and individual character were not assessed further, and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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