Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-15
000114882
Contested design: 004368702-0004
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 004368702-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
NIC, S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Civita Castellana SNC, 01030 Castel Sant'Elia (VT), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ceramica Cielo S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Falerina km 7.800, 01034 Fabrica di Roma (Viterbo), Italy
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Antonio Lupi Design 'BESPOKE' suspended wash-stand from a bathroom furniture set
archiproducts.com; Instagram @antoniolupidesign · archiproducts.com and Instagram · disclosed 2016-09-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bathroom wash-stand lacked novelty and individual character because earlier BESPOKE designs had already been disclosed online.
- ›Holder challenged admissibility, translations, disclosure dates, and design identification, and argued the cited prior designs did not show the contested combination of visual features.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 29 as supporting disclosure of the Annex 5 BESPOKE design before 22 September 2017 and found the images sufficient for comparison.
- ›Given broad design freedom, the minor differences did not alter the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
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| 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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