Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-12
000010490
Contested design: 003143429-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003143429-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fatboy the Original B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
De Steenbok 19-21, 5215 MG ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Espurro Business s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Prokopova 148/15, 130 00 Praha 3, Žižkov, Czech Republic
Represented by
Pavel Nádvorník
Prior art cited (1)
chaise longues
Registration No 002621904-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier inflatable bag design disclosed through an earlier RCD publication.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the prior design had been properly disclosed and that novelty failed because the contested design's colors and accessories were not immaterial differences.
- ›The Division held those added colors and accessories did not change the overall impression of the distinctive double-tube bag shape, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELISOVA
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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