Invalidity · first instance · 2021-02-09
000108142
Contested design: 004070860-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community Design No 0040708600009 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the cost, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Meise Möbel GmbH & Co. KG.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Klosterbauerschafter Str. 27, 32278 Kirchlengern, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fabryka Mebli WER-SAL Kaczorowscy Sp.Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Jankowy 1A, 63-604 Baranów, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
STAR box spring bed with SWAROVSKI crystals shown in product sheets and commercial emails
Exhibits AST 1-3 · Commercial email correspondence to OTTO and Roller, Germany · disclosed 2017-03-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on prior disclosure of its STAR box spring bed in commercial emails and product sheets sent in spring 2017.
- ›The holder argued the emails were confidential, disclosure was unproven, and differences in crystals, stitching, proportions, materials, and other features created novelty and a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division held the email disclaimer did not impose confidentiality, accepted the evidence as credible prior disclosure under Article 7(1), and assessed the earlier bed as publicly available before filing.
- ›It found the similarities in overall shape, proportions, upholstery pattern, and three-part side view outweighed minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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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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