Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-06
000105840
Contested design: 004383495-0004
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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 0043834950004 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 (3)
Fitz chair
https://www.swooneditions.com/fitz-contemporary-cocktail-chair#!5595 · Swooneditions website / Wayback Machine / Instagram · disclosed 2016-08-20
German chair 1
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/german-midcentury-baby-pink-velvet-club-armchairs-1960s/id-f_13196541/ · 1stdibs
German chair 2
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/german-midcentury-yellow-velvet-club-armchair-1960s/id-f_10050771/ · 1stdibs
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on the earlier designs Fitz, German chair 1 and German chair 2.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of all three prior designs, argued the armchair design corpus was crowded, and maintained the contested RCD created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of Fitz through the archived website and related online evidence, but found the two 1stdibs chairs insufficiently evidenced as prior disclosures.
- ›Comparing the contested design only with Fitz, the Division found several significant visual differences that the informed user would notice, so the RCD retained individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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