Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-10
000121218
Contested design: 005242195-0016
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 0052421950016 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
Borek Parasols B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Bedrijfsweg 7, 5061 JX Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Manutti BVBAvia PDF extraction
Belgium (BE)
Beverenstraat 17, 8540 Deerlijk, Belgium
Represented by
Dave Devloo
Prior art cited (5)
Fred Astaire armchair / sofa evidence mismatch
www.classicdesigndirect.com · classicdesigndirect.com · disclosed 2023-02-20
Cannes armchair
LAMBERT PREISLISTE · LAMBERT price list · disclosed 2004-10-01
Orlando armchair
Manutti Mini Catalogue 2010 / ForSeasons Pricelist 2005 · issuu.com / Manutti catalogue · disclosed 2010-12-31
Savannah armchair
www.issuu.com/donate/docs/namea84754
River armchair
www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/57842591/manutti-outdoor-catalogue-2017-classic · Manutti outdoor catalogue 2017 · disclosed 2017-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over five earlier furniture designs, arguing the contested armchair's key features were technically dictated.
- ›Holder filed no timely defence; its later observations were not taken into account, and the case proceeded effectively undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division found disclosure unproven for D1 and D4, and D5 fell within the Article 7(2) grace period, leaving only D2 and D3 for comparison.
- ›Compared with D2 and D3, the contested design created a different overall impression through its bulkier rounded structure, proportions, weave pattern, and cushions, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKĖ
Decision files
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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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