Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-15
000119164
Contested design: 008605703-0024
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008605703-0024 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
House Nordic ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Rebslagervej 2, 5471 Søndersø, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Actona Group A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Smedegårdvej 6, Tvis, 7500 Holstebro, Denmark
Prior art cited (1)
'Seaford' wall shelf (Seaford Vægreol)
https://actonagroup.com; item No 0000074953 · holder website and invoices · disclosed 2018-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Seaford wall-shelf design sold before the filing date and shown on the holder's website.
- ›It relied on two 2018 invoices from the holder to a third Danish company and website printouts showing the same Seaford shelf under item number 0000074953.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the invoices and website printouts sufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR and considered any colour-shade differences immaterial.
- ›It concluded the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, declared the design invalid, and ordered the holder to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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