Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-11
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Contested design: 003998467-0005
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 0039984670005 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.via PDF extraction
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 002753434-0002 · disclosed 2015-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002753434-0002, arguing the differences in colour and cut-out details were immaterial.
- ›The holder argued the contested chandelier had its own original form, highlighting its silver colour, truncated-cone ceiling fixture, specific ornamentation, and the applicant's alleged failure to prove the earlier design properly.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier RCD as disclosed before filing, rejected the novelty claim because the visual differences were not immaterial, but found those differences too minor to alter the overall impression for the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, 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 |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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