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 ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Bymosevej 17, 3200 Helsinge, Dinamarca
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Deluxe holding ApSvia PDF extraction
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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