Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-12
000114423
Contested design: 003844620-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community Design No 003844620-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(pl)
Wniosek o unieważnienie zostaje uwzględniony. Stwierdza się nieważność zarejestrowanego wzoru wspólnotowego nr 003844620-0001.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SmarTT Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Spacerowa 5, 43262 Kobielice, Polska
Holder · RCD owner
P.P.H.U. JOPP - POL Eksport - Import Ryszard Jopp - Krzysztof Jopp Spółka Jawnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Mickiewicza 28, 64-630 Ryczywół, Polska
Prior art cited (1)
furniture leg
PASO BA 006-20 · STALMOT & WOLMET catalogs · disclosed 2011-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier disclosures of the PASO BA 006-20 furniture leg in STALMOT & WOLMET catalogs, and also invoked Article 8.
- ›The holder argued the catalog extracts were unreliable and insufficient to prove disclosure, distribution, and the prior design's features, so a proper comparison could not be made.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the catalog extracts as sufficient evidence of public disclosure, found the designer's freedom largely unrestricted, and held that the earlier design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Article 8 allegation was rejected for lack of supporting argument and evidence, but the application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 and the contested RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAnna BAKALARZ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| plPolish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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