Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-13
000114666
Contested design: 005507035-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 0055070350003 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
Mariusz Jachimczuk Edgardvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Ul. Belgijska 11, 02511 Warszawa, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Bright Junior Media sp. z o.o. sp.k.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Ul. Władysława Syrokomli 20/8, 30102 Kraków, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Kacperska
Prior art cited (3)
one piece of a jigsaw puzzle with a hole in its top right corner
French design No 970146-003 · INPI official bulletin · disclosed 1997-05-30
zestaw maluszka jigsaw puzzle
Miss B.pl article / Allegro / product packaging · disclosed 2016-05-02
zestaw maluszka jigsaw puzzle
Trefl Zestaw Maluszka Fisher Price 1464 · Allegro / product packaging / CENEO · disclosed 2018-02-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged all essential features were dictated by technical function and that the contested puzzle lacked individual character over D1 to D3.
- ›The holder said the movable round elements, their number, size and placement reflected creative choices, challenged disclosure of D2 and D3, and argued the overall impressions differed.
- ›The Division found the applicant had not proved the design's essential features were solely dictated by technical function and accepted disclosure of D1 to D3 under Article 7(1).
- ›Comparing the designs, it held D1 was plainly different and D2 and D3 still created different overall impressions, so the invalidity application failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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 ↗ |
Locarno classes
Similar decisions
Ranked by shared Locarno class + shared legal grounds + matching outcome. Click a case to view full detail.
| Case | Date | Outcome | Shared grounds | Locarno | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000128896 vs Sc Pitikot Store Srl | 2025-08-18 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000124438 vs АУТДОР ПЛЕЙ | 2025-04-03 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000126927 vs Jiujiang Storm E-Commerce Co., Ltd. | 2025-03-25 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000121616 vs nano Vo Sp. z o.o. | 2024-05-29 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000121617 vs nano Vo Sp. z o.o. | 2024-05-29 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000121615 vs nano Vo Sp. z o.o. | 2024-05-10 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000114244 vs UTILIS | 2024-01-09 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |
| 000121427 vs Jinhua Baiwei Plastic Products Co., Ltd. | 2023-11-15 | — | Art 25(1)(b) | 21 | 7 |