Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-17
000115303
Contested design: 005815784-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 005815784-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder is ordered to pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 005815784-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Javier Perales Botíavia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Av. de las Cortes Valencianas 41, pta 110, 460015 Valencia, España
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Nordic Spin ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Skararp 106, 31165 Vessigebro, Suecia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Ergonomic swivel hairdresser's chair shown in the Canal 12 Uruguay video broadcast.
Canal 12, Uruguay · disclosed 2017-10-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested chair design lacked novelty because the same design had already been publicly disclosed through a jointly developed patent-related project, exhibitions, sales and a 30 October 2017 TV broadcast.
- ›The holder filed no substantive observations after being invited to respond, despite obtaining an extension of time.
- ›The Division accepted the Canal 12 certificate, video images and expert material as sufficient proof that the earlier chair design was publicly disclosed before the 2 November 2018 filing date.
- ›Comparing the earlier chair with the contested RCD, the Division found only insignificant differences, held the designs identical under Article 5, rejected the bad-faith allegation as irrelevant, and invalidated the RCD.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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