Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-20
000112025
Contested design: 007661178-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0076611780008 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nat design s.r.o.via PDF extraction
SK
Slovenskej jednoty 81/1, 04001 Košice, Slovakia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sonnenberg Manufaktur AGvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Hinterbergstrasse 56, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland
Represented by
David Karabec
Prior art cited (2)
Saffron 'Authentica' bed
commercial leaflet and sales manual
Saffron 'Sophia' bed
commercial leaflet and product catalogue · disclosed 2013-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that Saffron beds marketed since 2010 disclosed earlier striped bed designs with the same essential composition, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›Holder said its bed was independently developed, used different colours and stripe details, and would not create the same overall impression for attentive consumers.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of at least the Authentica and Sophia Saffron beds from 2012 and 2013 leaflets, supported by catalogue, manual and invoice evidence.
- ›Comparing mainly with Authentica, the Division found the shared bed composition and striped appearance outweighed minor differences in stripe direction, quilting and leg width.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 6(1)(b); the contested design was invalidated and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| 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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