Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-07
000117592
Contested design: 008352355-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008352355-0007 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fabryki Mebli "Forte" S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Biała 1, 07-300 Ostrów Mazowiecka, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Linyi Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 501, No. 3, 5th Lane, Qishan First Street, Dayuan, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
TEZAUR TZRB211 desk
M.O.W furniture catalogue · M.O.W furniture catalogue · disclosed 2019-09-15
TEZAUR TZRB21B3 desk
M.O.W furniture catalogue · M.O.W furniture catalogue · disclosed 2020-09-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested desk lacked novelty and individual character because it had offered and sold the same-shaped TEZAUR desk since 2019, before the filing date.
- ›Applicant relied on two M.O.W. catalogue excerpts and embedded product images; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division held the catalogues and images did not prove effective public disclosure because distribution, audience, and circumstances of availability were not objectively established.
- ›Without proven disclosure under Article 7, the earlier design could not defeat novelty or individual character, so the invalidity application failed.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's representation costs fixed at EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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