Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-11
000130546
Contested design: 015065652-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 015065652-0002 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs fixed at EUR 320.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015065652-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 320.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €320
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Metale Internationalvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Focsani, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Beston Metal S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
București, Romania
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
corrugated roofing panel — perspective view showing repeated parallel longitudinal ribs and recessed channels
Facebook publication (URL not stated in text) · Facebook · disclosed 2023-10-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant (Metale International) argued that the contested corrugated roofing panel design lacks individual character in view of an identical roofing panel disclosed on Facebook on 17/10/2023, before the contested design's filing date (05/07/2024), sharing the same essential configuration and overall appearance.
- ›Holder's observations were filed after the time limit and were not taken into account pursuant to Article 63(2) EUDR.
- ›The Division found the Facebook screenshot sufficient proof of disclosure (17/10/2023) predating the filing date; both designs share the dominant feature of parallel longitudinal ribs and recessed channels; differences in dimensions or rib spacing are minor and immaterial; the informed user focuses on the overall repeated profile pattern.
- ›Application upheld; contested design declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| 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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