Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-21
000115545
Contested design: 007745252-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD No 007745252-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. El dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º-007745252 0001 se declara nulo 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Piffany Copenhagen ApS
Denmark (DK)
Bymosevej 17, 3200 Helsinge, Dinamarca
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Deluxe holding ApS
Denmark (DK)
Niels Bohrs Vej 12 A., 6000 Kolding Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
LED candle product 'User UNI' shown in trade-fair images
trade fair images / Villepinte fair · disclosed 2020-01-17
Sompex pillar candle/light holder, 25 cm
Sompex lifestyle 2017, model No. 39050 · Sompex lifestyle catalog
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on trade-fair images of its LED candle and a 2017 Sompex catalog disclosure.
- ›The holder filed observations late; they were admitted. It argued the design had distinctive top-surface and flame features, D2 was unclear or undisclosed, and the market was saturated.
- ›The Division rejected D1 because the images did not objectively prove when, where, or in what public circumstances the design was disclosed under Article 7(1).
- ›The Division accepted D2 as a public catalog disclosure and found the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, given broad designer freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila delictiva ELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI — ALOISI
Decision files
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