Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-06
000105839
Contested design: 005666146-0017
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005666146-0017 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sourceable Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
91-93 Great Eastern Street, City of London EC2A 3HZ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Made.com Design Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
5 Singer Street, London EC2A 4BQ, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
chair shown in Instagram post
https://instagram.com/p/BnTr70vligG/ · Instagram · disclosed 2018-09-04
chair shown in Instagram post
https://instagram.com/p/BnqGkv-jFSU/ · Instagram · disclosed 2018-09-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over two earlier chair designs disclosed in Instagram posts dated 4 and 13 September 2018.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, argued the prior designs were insufficiently shown, and maintained that the contested design had individual character in a crowded armchair design corpus.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted both Instagram posts as prior disclosures under Article 7 and found the images sufficient for comparison.
- ›Despite some shared features, the Division found major differences in armrests, thickness, proportions, and overall appearance, so the contested RCD produced a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| 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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