Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-25
000102339
Contested design: 004060838-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected in its entirety.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 004060838-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vulcanus design s.r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Lazecká 344/4a, Lazce, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Represented by
Petr Soukup
Holder · RCD owner
Syzan Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Krzemieniecka 2, Łódź, Poland
Prior art cited (4)
fire pit
RCD No 003793041-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-22
fire pit
RCD No 003793041-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-22
fire pit
RCD No 003793041-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-22
fire pit
RCD No 003793041-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested furniture-set design lacked novelty and individual character over four earlier RCDs for fire pits and also invoked Article 25(1)(e) CDR based on those same earlier designs.
- ›The holder replied that the contested product had to be assessed as a whole and was not comparable to isolated bowls from the prior registrations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D4 but found material differences in the bowl and, above all, in the contested design’s additional furniture elements, so neither novelty nor individual character was destroyed.
- ›The Article 25(1)(e) ground was inadmissible because prior RCDs are not distinctive signs, and the application was rejected in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailé SAKALAITÉ
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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