Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-10
000117009
Contested design: 008588990-0001
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 0085889900001 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, 37450 Nisko, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Creative Cooper Jacek Kułakowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Niezłomnych 33, 37450 Stalowa Wola, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
barrel furniture offered on a third-party website
https://sklep.bednarstwo.eu/ · Wayback Machine / sklep.bednarstwo.eu · disclosed 2020-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested barrel furniture design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier barrel furniture disclosed online before filing.
- ›The holder maintained the design was new and distinctive, challenged the applicant's disclosure evidence, and invoked the Article 7(2) grace period based on the parties' prior business relationship.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine evidence as a prior public disclosure, found Article 7(2) inapplicable, and held that the designer's freedom was broad for composite furniture.
- ›Because the common barrel shape, opening, rings, and bottle shelves dominated the overall impression, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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