Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-27
000105399
Contested design: 003304021-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 0033040210001 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
Piotr Siwekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Bysewska 30, 80298 Gdańsk, Poland
Represented by
Wojciech Gierszewski
Holder · RCD owner
Domator24.com Pawel Nowak
Poland (PL)
ul. Dekoracyjna 8, 65-155 Zielona Góra, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
DXRacer Formula Series DOH/FD01/NR Office Chair
amazon.com
DXRacer FE08NB PC Gaming Chair
gameaccessoriesguide.com · disclosed 2014-11-09
DXRacer FH08/NO Black Orange Racing Bucket Seat
amazon.com
Merax High-Back Ergonomic Pu Leather Office Chair
amazon.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on four earlier gaming-chair disclosures from Amazon and GameAccessoriesGuide.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure of several web exhibits and argued that differences in colour arrangement, cushions, stitching, and visible views produced a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D2 by 9 November 2014 and found that its practically identical chair shape and arrangement of features outweighed ornamentation differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character over D2, so the Division did not need to examine novelty or the other cited designs further.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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