Invalidity · first instance · 2019-01-29
000011106
Contested design: 003998467-0007
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 0039984670007 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
Studio Italia Design S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via Pialoi 32, 30020 Marcon (Ve), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Altavola Design Spółka z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Sikorskiego 69 B, 64-980 Trzcianka, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
chandelier
RCD No 002753434-0001 · disclosed 2015-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002753434-0001.
- ›Holder argued the contested chandelier had an original black appearance, different ornamentation and fixture shape, and challenged the adequacy of the earlier design evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier registered design as properly disclosed evidence, rejected the novelty ground, but found the shared overall structure and proportions dominated the informed user's impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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