Invalidity · first instance · 2018-11-28
000101899
Contested design: 003842590-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003842590-0002 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
SPM
Italy (IT)
Via Patrioti 44/46, 25014 Castenedolo (BS), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Baojia LV
China (CN)
No. 187 Nanlou Village, Shengfang Town, Bazhou City, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
chair seat
RCD No 001432835-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-06-18
chair design 'SIDERA' shown in a brochure/catalog and at Salone del Mobile in Milan
Dal Segno brochure/catalog and exhibition presentation
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested chair design, relying on earlier RCD No 001432835-0001 and also alleging lack of novelty or individual character in light of the 'SIDERA' chair disclosure.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held that the earlier registered design qualified as a prior right under Article 25(1)(d) CDR and that the contested RCD fully incorporated the protected seat features, producing no different overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, so the Division did not examine the separate Article 25(1)(b) ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA
Decision files
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