Invalidity · first instance · 2026-02-11
000127916
Contested design: 008944656-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 008944656-0002 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
Petru Dumitrașcuvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Târgu Ocna, Romania
Represented by
Raul Sorin Fântână
Holder · RCD owner
Volvo Car Corporation
Sweden (SE)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Prior art cited (1)
Headlights for vehicles
EU design registration No 004379253-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, invisible component-part status, conflict with an earlier design, and unauthorised use of a copyright-protected work based mainly on earlier design No 004379253-0001.
- ›The holder argued the contested headlight design was new and produced a different overall impression, that abstract movement concepts are not design rights, and that the copyright claim was unsubstantiated.
- ›The Division found Article 4(2) EUDR inapplicable, accepted disclosure of the earlier design, but held the compared designs were not identical and Article 25(1)(d) could not apply because the earlier design had been published before the contested filing date.
- ›The Division also rejected the copyright ground as unsubstantiated for lack of identified national law and supporting particulars, so the invalidity application was rejected in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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