Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-06
000105841
Contested design: 004383495-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0043834950007 is rejected. 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)
Conran sofa 1 (grey sofa)
http://www.retrotogo.com/2017/04/content-by-terence-conran-retro-style-marlowe-sofa.html · retrotogo.com
Conran sofa 2 (orange sofa)
http://www.retrotogo.com/2017/04/content-by-terence-conran-retro-style-marlowe-sofa.html · retrotogo.com; Homes & Interiors Scotland · disclosed 2017-04-17
Coushto sofa
https://www.superestudio.co.uk/3-coushto · superestudio.co.uk; Instagram · disclosed 2017-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over the earlier Conran sofa and Coushto sofa disclosures.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of all cited designs and argued the contested sofa retained individual character within a crowded prior-art field.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the two Conran sofa versions, rejected Coushto as insufficiently proven, and treated sofa design freedom as broad despite a crowded corpus.
- ›Because the contested design created a different overall impression on the informed user, the invalidity application was rejected.
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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