Invalidity · first instance · 2018-07-13
000010774
Contested design: 003410620-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003410620-0011 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Classiribalta Lda
Portugal (PT)
Rua da Via Panorâmica nº1612, 4595-076 Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
M.G. Fernandes — Indústria de Estofos, Ldavia PDF extraction
Portugal (PT)
Rua de São Pedro, nº 153, 4580-865 Lordelo PRD, Portugal
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
OMEGA sofa
OMEGA · order confirmations and 'Suffa design' catalogue · disclosed 2013-09-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the holder's own OMEGA sofa, marketed since at least 2013, corresponded to the contested design and destroyed its novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier OMEGA sofa through order confirmations and the catalogue, but found the contested design's contrasting darker material to be a clearly noticeable, material difference.
- ›Because the designs were not identical, the RCD was considered new and the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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