Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-15
000111562
Contested design: 007438650-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 007438650-0002 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(pl)
Wniosek o stwierdzenie nieważności zostaje podtrzymany. Stwierdza się nieważność zarejestrowanego wzoru wspólnotowego nr 007438650-0002.
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)
Nowoczesna meblościanka Biały Połysk furniture set disclosed on Allegro
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/nowoczesna-mebloscianka-do-salonu-bialy-polysk-i7020227811.html · Allegro · disclosed 2018-01-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of the same furniture set on Allegro before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the internet evidence was one-sided, unreliable, editable, low-quality, and insufficient to prove what design was disclosed on the stated dates.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro disclosure dated 30 January 2018, found it publicly accessible to the relevant trade circles, and considered the images good enough for comparison.
- ›Because the earlier and contested furniture designs created the same overall impression and were effectively identical, the RCD lacked individual character and novelty and was invalidated.
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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