Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-15
000109981
Contested design: 005834462-0016
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community Design No 005834462-0016 is declared invalid; the holder shall bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(pl)
Wniosek o stwierdzenie nieważności zostaje podtrzymany. Stwierdza się nieważność zarejestrowanego wzoru wspólnotowego nr 005834462-0016. Właściciel ponosi koszty wnioskodawcy ustalone na kwotę 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Belini Polska sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Tabor Wielki 4b, 63-640 Tabor Wielki, Polska
Holder · RCD owner
GiB Meble Gandecki i Berski Sp. Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mianowice 7A, 63-600 Kępno, Polska
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Prior art cited (1)
CONCEPT 17 furniture set
https://web.archive.org/web/20171004184835/furnipol.co.uk/MEBLO%C5%9ACIANKI/produkty/index/22/ · Wayback Machine / furnipol.co.uk · disclosed 2017-10-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested furniture-set design lacked novelty and individual character because identical earlier designs had been disclosed online before filing.
- ›Holder challenged the applicant's internet evidence as unreliable and manipulated, disputed Wayback Machine's accuracy, and requested a stay due to related Polish court proceedings.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Wayback Machine disclosure from furnipol.co.uk dated 4 October 2017 as publicly accessible and sufficiently clear evidence of the earlier design.
- ›Given broad designer freedom and the highly similar overall structure, layout, proportions and appearance, the Division found no different overall impression and invalidated the RCD.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAnna BAKALARZ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| plPolish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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