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.
Italy (IT)
Via Civita Castellana SNC, 01030 Castel Sant'Elia (VT), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ceramica Cielo S.p.A.
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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