Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-02
000112762
Contested design: 007914726-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 007914726-0002 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lukmebel Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotra Potworowskiego 19E, 63-600 Kępno, Poland
Represented by
Tomasz Szelwiga
Holder · RCD owner
Cama Design Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Sp. K.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Kominy, ul. Jastrzębia 16, 87-300 Brodnica, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
TV - ART Oak Artisan loft TV bench / piece of furniture
Allegro offer No. 9118310897 · Allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-04-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its Allegro listing for the TV-ART Oak Artisan loft product from 3 April 2020.
- ›The holder said its RTV WOOD design had been disclosed earlier by the designers and successor in title during the Article 7(2) grace period, so the applicant's design was attributable disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the holder's Allegro, invoice, assignment, and reseller evidence as showing disclosure by the designers from 24 May 2019 within the grace period.
- ›Because the applicant's relied-on design was excluded under Article 7(2), disclosure of a valid prior design was not proven and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
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| 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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