Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-03-30
R1855/2025-3
Contested design: 015046863-0005
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed, and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's costs and fees in both the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
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1. Dismisses the appeal. 2. Orders the design holder to bear the costs and fees incurred by the invalidity applicant in the invalidity and appeal proceedings.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
GrainGold Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Świba, Poland
Represented by
Piotr Krajewski
Holder · RCD owner
Selsey sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Krzywobłocka
Prior art cited (1)
ELTAP 2022 catalogue showing the Edvige bed on page 50
Katalog łóżek Eltap 2022 beds catalogue ELTAP 2022
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that convex vertical modules, softer contours and 45-degree joints gave the contested bed a different overall impression from the prior design.
- ›The invalidity applicant replied that both beds shared the same upholstered modular concept and that the cited differences were minor stylistic variations.
- ›The Board confirmed disclosure of the ELTAP 2022 catalogue, found high designer freedom for upholstered platform beds, and assessed the informed user as attentive but not expert.
- ›It held that the common padded modular structure, full-width headboard and segmented upholstered base dominated the overall impression, so the contested EUD lacked individual character.
- ›The appeal was dismissed and the design holder was ordered to bear the costs of both instances.
Deciding panel
- ChairG. Humphreys Bacon
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberA. González Fernández
- RegistrarE. Wagner
Decision files
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