Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-18
000010990
Contested design: 003148808-0002
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 003148808-0002 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
Inter IKEA Systems B.V.via PDF extraction
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
Prior art cited (2)
IKEA brochure depicting the 'SKURAR' flowerpot
Swedish IKEA brochure
Offer for the 'SKURAR' flowerpot
Amazon.co.uk ASIN B0168WQK8Y · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-12-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier SKURAR flowerpot disclosed in an IKEA brochure and on Amazon before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder argued that the pots and embroidery differed, that flowerpot features were banal, and that a crowded prior art and limited design freedom made users more attentive to differences.
- ›The Division accepted the brochure and Amazon printout as proof of prior disclosure, rejected novelty because the embroidery differences were not immaterial, but found no different overall impression for individual character.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGaile SAKALAITĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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