Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-27
000117957
Contested design: 008770184-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0087701840001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jakub Pellervia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Bohaterów Warszawy 47, 02495 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Rafał Horończyk
Holder · RCD owner
Mollylac Michał Szewczykvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Piotrkowska 270, 90361 Łódź, Poland
Represented by
Maria Przybylska-Karczemska
Prior art cited (1)
Trunk Cosmetic Trunk Hairdressing Case trunk offered for sale online
https://archiwum.allegro.pl; 8952337269 · Allegro.pl / archiwum.allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-05-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested beauty-case design lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier trunk offered for sale on Allegro before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed sufficient disclosure, argued the earlier design was unclear, and maintained differences in colour, surface, handle, proportions, and drawer arrangement created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Allegro archive printout proved disclosure by at least 16 May 2020 and that the prior design was shown clearly enough for comparison.
- ›With at least average designer freedom, the Division held the shared angular shape, reinforcements, closing parts, and four collapsible drawers outweighed the differences and produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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