Invalidity · first instance · 2019-01-30
000011107
Contested design: 003998467-0008
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.
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The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0039984670008 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
002753434-0001 · disclosed 2015-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of the chandelier design for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002753434-0001.
- ›Holder argued the contested design had distinctive colours, ornamentation and fixture shape, challenged the adequacy of the earlier design evidence, and denied similarity.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier RCD as properly represented and disclosed, rejected the novelty claim, but found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6; the contested RCD was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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