Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-12
000115302
Contested design: 007844907-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007844907-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
PKMEBEL.PL Sp. z o.o. Sp.k.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Młyńska 1A, 63-604 Baranów, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
‘Górna Półka’ Kamil Zielińskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Elewatorska 29C/5, 15-620 Białystok, Poland
Represented by
Dorota Biegańska
Prior art cited (1)
hallway furniture set/cabinet configuration with backrest panels, double seat and cupboard
Zestaw 2P8 · Anedo.pl Facebook and Instagram accounts · disclosed 2020-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested hallway furniture design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier social-media disclosures of the Anedo.pl set.
- ›Holder said its own earlier RAGNAR and ODIS disclosures predated the cited design, the applicant copied those models, and the visual differences changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Anedo.pl posts as prior disclosure and found the holder failed to prove an earlier grace-period disclosure attributable to the contested design’s designer or holder.
- ›Comparing overall impressions, the Division found the common structure and features outweighed minor panel-shape and board differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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