Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-25
000119778
Contested design: 009067192-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 009067192-0001 is declared invalid; the holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009067192-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Michał Janoszekvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Dmowskiego 22/112, 43100 Tychy Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Martomvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Piaskowa 10, 66-008 Świdnica Poland
Represented by
Anna Giercarz
Prior art cited (1)
chair cover in the shape of Santa's hat
https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/pokrowce-na-oparcia-krzesel-czapkamikolaja-6szt-i9949713987.html · Allegro Archive · disclosed 2021-12-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier Allegro-disclosed chair cover shaped like Santa's hat.
- ›The holder argued the contested design differed through its elongated conical shape, puffy pompom, laser-cut production, and interlining, and claimed prior sales of its own product.
- ›The Division found the Allegro Archive evidence and linked webpage sufficient to prove internet disclosure by 2021-12-07, which the holder did not rebut.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found the same shape, brim, pompom proportions, and color scheme, with only an immaterial shade difference.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- 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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