Invalidity · first instance · 2026-05-27
000130341
Contested design: 015041255-0001
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 015041255-0001 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
Robitsvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Kortrijk, Belgium
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Mortensen Software Consulting ApS
Denmark (DK)
Hadsten, Denmark
Represented by
Niels Uth
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that all visible features of the slope brick were dictated solely by technical function and interconnection, so the design was invalid under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 8(1) and 8(2).
- ›The holder replied that the incline, angle, and overall look reflected design freedom and that the brick formed part of a modular construction system protected by Article 8(3).
- ›The Division found the design's features were function-driven and also fell within interconnection features, but examined the modular-system exception because the holder relied on Article 8(3).
- ›The Division held the contested brick serves multiple assembly within a modular system and benefits from Article 8(3); the invalidity application was therefore rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- 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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