Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-11
000116246
Contested design: 008328082-0001
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 008328082-0001 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)
'Ricardo' corner sofa
https://eltap.pl/aktualnosci.html?page=6 · holder website eltap.pl · disclosed 2019-12-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested sofa design allegedly lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier Ricardo corner sofa disclosed on the holder’s website on 15 December 2019.
- ›The applicant relied on a website screenshot and a notarial website-opening record; the holder filed no observations within the time limit.
- ›The Division found the prior sofa had been publicly disclosed outside the 12-month grace period and that its website publication was accessible to the relevant circles in the EU.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division held that the shared shape, proportions, headrests, stitching, legs and mirrored chaise-longue dominated, while the differences did not materially affect perception by the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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