Invalidity · first instance · 2018-05-24
000010372
Contested design: 003119585-0037
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered Community design No. 0031195850037 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno/modello comunitario registrato n. 0031195850037 è respinta. 2. La richiedente sopporta l’onere delle spese sostenute dalla titolare, fissate in 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
B 4 LIVING S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via Direttissima del Conero n. 51, 60021 Camerano (AN), Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
CALLIGARIS S.p.a.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Trieste n. 12, 33044 Manzano (UD), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
table
Italian design No. 101 117 · Camera di Commercio Industria, Artigianato e Agricoltura di Ancona · disclosed 2014-02-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character based on earlier Italian design D1 for a table disclosed on 28 February 2014.
- ›The holder argued the contested table created a different overall impression because its support structure, proportions, and visual effect differed from D1.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as prior disclosure, found broad design freedom for tables, and held the informed user would focus on the support structure differences.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected because the contested design produced a different overall impression and therefore had individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberPierluigi M. VILLANI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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