Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-11
000114802
Contested design: 006307666-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is allowed, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the proprietors must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Allows the application for a declaration of invalidity. 2. Registered Community design No 006307666-0001 is declared invalid. 3. Orders the proprietor to bear the costs, which are fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
CreativaMente Srlvia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Alessandro Volta, 69, 20863 Concorezzo (MB) Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luca Achovia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Baldo 3, 13866 Masserano Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Truffuga origami 3D kit instructions / pre-marked origami card
http://www.3dorigami.it (Wayback Machine) · Wayback Machine Internet Archive · disclosed 2017-05-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested origami-paper design lacked individual character because the same pre-marked folding card had already been disclosed through the Truffuga origami 3D kit.
- ›The holders said the side cuts and lower angle created novelty, designer freedom was restricted by origami requirements, and the informed user would focus on those details.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure from the archived 3dorigami.it page and the kit box materials, treated the origami instructions in the box as D1, and found only limited restrictions on the designer’s freedom.
- ›It held the same proportions, cord pattern, and nearly identical final folded result outweighed flap-shape differences, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated with costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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