Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-23
000130143
Contested design: 015090059-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and EU design No 015090059-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears costs of EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015090059-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zbigniew Zientekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Zawada, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Marek Lisiecki
Poland (PL)
Gostynin, Poland
Represented by
Joanna Kluczewska-Strojny
Prior art cited (1)
Solar panel profile
Facebook profile 'Ecomar1ml', www.facebook.com, post dated 03/05/2022 · Facebook (www.facebook.com), profile 'Ecomar1ml' · disclosed 2022-05-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested solar panel profile design (filed 15/01/2025) was identical to a prior solar panel profile self-disclosed by the holder on Facebook (profile 'Ecomar1ml') on 03/05/2022, well before the filing date, invoking grounds including lack of novelty and individual character under the EUDR.
- ›Holder challenged the reliability of the Facebook evidence as imprecise and unverifiable, and argued the strict identity threshold under Article 5(2) EUDR was not met because the informed user could discern differences in lines, grooves, chambers, and proportions.
- ›Division found the Facebook printout sufficient proof of disclosure; the two solar panel profile designs coincide in all visual characteristics including cross-section shape, proportions, multi-chamber interiors, functional grooves, and parallel geometry; no material differences were identified.
- ›Application upheld; contested EU design No 015090059-0001 declared invalid for lack of novelty under Article 5 EUDR; no need to examine other grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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