Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2026-05-28

R0338/2025-3

Contested design: 008031025-0003

CDRAppellant: holder

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

1. The appeal is dismissed. 2. The design holder is ordered to reimburse the costs incurred by the invalidity applicant in the appeal proceedings.

Show verbatim operative text(pl)

1. Oddalić odwołanie; 2. Nakazać właścicielowi wzoru zwrot kosztów poniesionych przez wnioskodawcę w postępowaniu odwoławczym.

CostsHolder ordered to pay costs

Applicant · invalidity challenger

ANIA KRUK spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością

Poland (PL)

Poznań, Poland

Represented by

Krzysztof Westfal

Holder · RCD owner

Krzysztof Witczak

Poland (PL)

Jasin, Poland

Represented by

Catalog

butterfly/ornamental motif jewellery piece (bracelet charm), referenced as model AP129-7951 by holder

APART Lato 2018, page 88 · APART catalogue (Poland)

Article 25(1)(b)Article 5(1)(b)Article 6(1)Article 7(1)

›Holder (appellant) argued the APART catalogue was admitted late, images were unclear and insufficient for comparison, and meaningful differences in the butterfly ornament design warranted individual character.
›Applicant (respondent) maintained the catalogue and online link were timely and clear, and both designs produce the same overall impression on the informed jewellery user.
›The Board confirmed prior disclosure via catalogue excerpt, found designer's freedom broad in decorative jewellery, and held that differences in the butterfly/ornamental motif were insufficiently pronounced to alter the overall impression.
›The appeal was dismissed; the holder bears the applicant's costs in the appeal proceedings.

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