Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-20
000112041
Contested design: 007661178-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0076611780004 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' bed 'Authentica'
commercial leaflet
'Saffron' bed 'Sophia'
commercial leaflet · disclosed 2013-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier marketed Saffron bed designs with the same striped overall appearance.
- ›The holder argued its bed resulted from independent development and differed in colours, stripe configuration, and overall impression for attentive purchasers.
- ›The Division found the earlier Authentica and Sophia beds had been validly disclosed before filing and that designer freedom for beds was broad apart from functional constraints.
- ›It held the common shape, composition, headboard, legs, and dark-light stripe application outweighed minor colour and detailing differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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