Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-25
000113721
Contested design: 007493614-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 0074936140001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0074936140001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Erikslunds Möbler ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Traversgatan 25, SE721 38 Västerås, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Schangtil Design AB
Sweden (SE)
Gesällgatan 9, SE745 39 Enköping, Sweden
Prior art cited (2)
'Empire' bar stool exhibited at the CIFF furniture fair
CIFF furniture fair catalogue, Guangzhou, China
'Empire' bar stool with a white velvet seat shown in social media posts
Applicant's Facebook and Instagram accounts · disclosed 2019-09-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of its 'Empire' bar stool.
- ›The applicant argued bar-stool designers enjoy broad freedom and the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier stool.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed before 9 January 2020 and found the minor colour difference insufficient to alter the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
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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