Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-18
000010989
Contested design: 003148808-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 003148808-0001 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
Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
Olof Palmestraat 1, 2616 LN Delft, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Prosperplast 1via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Wilkowska 968, 43-378 Rybarzowice, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
SKURAR flowerpot
IKEA catalogues, dated 2011 and 2012 · IKEA catalogues
SKURAR flowerpot offer page
Amazon.co.uk ASIN B0168OAP1A · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-10-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier SKURAR flowerpot disclosed in IKEA catalogues and an Amazon listing.
- ›The holder argued the pot body and embroidery differed, the relevant features were banal, the prior art was crowded, and limited design freedom made users more attentive to detail.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted disclosure under Article 7, rejected the novelty ground because the embroidery differences were not immaterial, but found no different overall impression for individual character.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGaile SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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