Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-20
000112061
Contested design: 007661178-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0076611780005 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"
Czech commercial leaflet · disclosed 2012-10-12
Saffron bed "Sophia"
Czech commercial leaflet · disclosed 2013-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that its Saffron beds had been marketed in the EU since 2010 and that the contested bed reproduced their distinctive striped appearance and structure.
- ›The holder said its design was independently developed, used different colours and stripe details, and would not be confused with the applicant's high-end beds by informed users.
- ›The Division found dated 2012 and 2013 leaflets, supported by other commercial documents, sufficiently proved prior disclosure of the Authentica and Sophia Saffron bed designs.
- ›Given the broad design freedom for beds, the common proportions, headboard, layered mattress structure and striped pattern outweighed the colour and minor detail differences.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application succeeded and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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