Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-09
000117434
Contested design: 001363220-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 001363220-0011 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 001363220-0011 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
GABI JERCZYŃSKI SP. K.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
PIASKI 9A, 63-645 Łęka Opatowska, Poland
Represented by
Marta Koremba
Holder · RCD owner
Henryk Kaczorowski, Fabryka Mebli "PIASKI"via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Piaski 1c, 63-645 Łęka Opatowska Poland
Prior art cited (1)
sofa shown in a MÖBELIX catalogue
MÖBELIX catalogue · disclosed 2012-08-25
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier sofa disclosed in a MÖBELIX catalogue before 25/08/2012.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the catalogue as prior disclosure and found the compared sofas created the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor armrest and reversed-colour differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| 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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