Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-28
000109741
Contested design: 006412615-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicants' costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0064126150002 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
A&S Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Niepodległości 38, 67400 Wschowa, Poland
Represented by
Grzegorz Antonowicz
Prior art cited (1)
workbench for children shown in multiple Allegro auction listings
https://archiwum.allegro.pl · archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2016-11-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants argued the toy workbench design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been sold online for years before filing.
- ›Holder argued colour was a protected feature of the registered design, so the earlier black-yellow version created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro auction printouts as proof of prior disclosure and found the compared workbenches materially identical in shape and components.
- ›The colour and word-element differences were insufficient to change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
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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