Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-13
000120078
Contested design: 008803266-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 008803266-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008803266-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lettino sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Grzybno 66, 87327 Bobrowo, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Kamila Kowalczyk
Poland (PL)
Budapesztańska 15/8, 80288 Gdańsk, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Binder-Sony
Prior art cited (1)
Zakład Stolarski 'Piętrus' 'Kacper cot colour 120x60 with drawer Ref.: ŁD.KC.SZ.KO'
https://pietrus.pl · Internet Archive capture of pietrus.pl · disclosed 2020-09-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested baby cot lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier 'Kacper cot' disclosed online and sold before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued that safety standards significantly constrained designer freedom and that differences in drawer openings, top-edge curvature, and rail shape created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive and sales documents as proof of prior disclosure and found designer freedom at least average despite regulatory constraints for cots.
- ›It held the differences marginal, found the same overall impression on the informed user, upheld invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(b), and ordered costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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