Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-06
000117053
Contested design: 008661458-0003
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 008661458-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Krzysztof Kułakowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Gutki 4, 37-450 Nisko, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Creativecooper Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Niezłomnych 33, 37-450 Stalowa Wola, Poland
Represented by
Zbigniew Szołtys
Prior art cited (1)
WeEco 'Beczka Barek' barrel furniture/bar product
http://weeco.eu; https://gadgets.pl · Internet Archive · disclosed 2020-06-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested barrel furniture design lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier WeEco 'Beczka Barek' product disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder disputed identity and overall impression, cited shelf and colour differences, and invoked Article 7(2) CDR based on disclosures allegedly linked to the applicant's former partner.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive captures as prior disclosure, found the grace period unavailable, and assessed designer freedom for composite storage furniture as almost unlimited.
- ›Because the shared barrel shape, front opening, light wood, black hoops, and central shelf dominated the overall impression, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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