Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-06
000115041
Contested design: 007506456-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 007506456-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Snores SIAvia PDF extraction
LV
"Barži", Tīnūžu pg., Ikšķiles nov., 5015 Latvia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
WGL
LV
A.Dombrovska 45-7, Rīga, 1015 Latvia
Represented by
Inese Kārkle-Jurķe
Prior art cited (2)
climbing frame
International design registration No DM/100 260 · HagueExpress database / International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-03-30
climbing frame
Community design registration No 006576161-0001 · disclosed 2019-06-26
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on D1 and D2 as earlier climbing-frame designs producing the same overall impression.
- ›Holder argued the contested design differed in colour, materials, knob shape and an auxiliary board, and that safety requirements limited the designer’s freedom.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed, excluded D2 under Article 7(2), found broad designer freedom, and treated the identified differences as insufficient to change the overall impression.
- ›The contested design produced the same overall impression as D1, so the invalidity application was upheld and the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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