Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-30
000115363
Contested design: 007848791-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 007848791-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el modelo comunitario registrado n.º 007848791-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
1 SAvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
46 Rue Des Vieilles Vignes, 77183 Croissy Beaubobourg, Francia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Bestwo E-Commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
3B104, Building 2, Huanan International Logistics Zone (fase II), Pinghu Street, Longgang Country, Shenzhen, República Popular China
Prior art cited (1)
computer desk
Community design registration No 004077162 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-07-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity of the contested computer-desk design for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Community design No 004077162, published on 26 July 2017.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for computer desks.
- ›It held that the contested design reproduced the earlier desk's essential features, with only minor colour and cross-bar differences, so it lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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