Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-27
000115532
Contested design: 008307524-0001
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 008307524-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Przemysław Cudniewicz trading as CUDNIX Przemysław Cudniewicz.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Ligota 15,63507 Kobyla Góra, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
ELTAP Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. K.
Poland (PL)
Mroczeń 203,63-604 Baranów, Poland
Represented by
Jolanta Justyńska
Prior art cited (1)
presentation of the ‘Caris’ corner sofa
www.archiwum.allegro.pl · www.archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-11-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested sofa-bed design was identical to earlier sofas disclosed online, especially the Caris corner sofa, differing only in immaterial details such as the legs.
- ›The holder filed no reply and did not contest the alleged prior marketing or disclosure of the earlier sofas.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 6 as sufficient evidence that the Caris sofa was disclosed before the filing date and considered translation unnecessary because the image and date were self-explanatory.
- ›Comparing the registered views with the disclosed Caris sofa, the Division found the designs identical apart from immaterial details and upheld the invalidity application in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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