Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-20
000112101
Contested design: 007661178-0009
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0076611780009 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
'Saffron' bed 'Sophia'
Czech commercial leaflet · disclosed 2013-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bed design lacked individual character because it reproduced the overall appearance of its earlier Saffron beds marketed in the EU since 2010.
- ›Holder said its bed resulted from independent development and differed through its colour range, stripe widths, number, arrangement, and other visual details.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier Authentica and Sophia beds and found broad designer freedom except for basic bed proportions and function.
- ›Comparing the contested design mainly with the Authentica bed, the Division held the similarities in shape, composition, and stripe application dominated the minor differences, so individual character was lacking.
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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