Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-15
000111561
Contested design: 007438650-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 007438650-0001. 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
Przedsiębiorstwo Usługowo Handlowe Partner Anrallogin Rafał Kamińskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Sopel 8, 98-400 Wieruszów, Polska
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Prior art cited (1)
Biała meblościanka Lofter I
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/biala-mebloscianka-lofter-i-led-polysk-10-dni-i6769094861.html · Allegro · disclosed 2017-04-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested furniture-set design lacked novelty and individual character because identical disclosures appeared on Allegro before the filing date.
- ›The holder contested the internet evidence as one-sided, editable, low-quality, internally inconsistent, and unreliable, including material from web archiving services.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro disclosures as reliable public internet disclosures before 20 December 2019 and found the earlier design sufficiently clear for comparison.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the designs' near-identical structure, layout, proportions, and appearance, the contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated for lack of individual character, and the Division did not examine the remaining grounds.
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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