Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-19
000010605
Contested design: 003441682-0002
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 003441682-0002 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
M.G. Fernandes — Indústria de Estofos, Lda
Portugal (PT)
Rua de São Pedro, nº 153, Lordelo PRD 4580-865, Portugal
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Classiribalta Lda
Portugal (PT)
Rua da Via Panorâmica nº1612, 4595-076 Paços de Ferreira, Portugal
Prior art cited (1)
sofa
RCD No 003410620-0011 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-12-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on earlier RCD No 003410620-0011 for sofas and argued that the contested design created the same overall impression under Article 25(1)(d) and Article 10 CDR.
- ›The holder disputed invalidity, claimed its design had novelty and individual character, and argued the applicant's earlier designs were themselves not new based on 2013-2014 Omega sofa catalogue and order-confirmation evidence.
- ›The Division found the holder had not proven pre-filing disclosure of the earlier registered design and treated that registration as a valid prior right under Article 25(1)(d) CDR.
- ›Comparing the sofas, the Division held the differences were trivial and the contested design did not produce a different overall impression, so the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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