Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-13
000120079
Contested design: 008803266-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008803266-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
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)
'Kacper cot' / 'Łóżeczko Kacper kolor 120-60 z szufladą'
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 on pietrus.pl and supported that case with archived webpages, sales documents, and design-database examples.
- ›The holder argued that safety standards significantly constrained cot design freedom and that differences in the drawer openings, side curvature, and rail shaping gave the contested design a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Internet Archive evidence as proving public disclosure before the filing date and found the designer's freedom at least average despite regulatory constraints.
- ›Comparing the designs side by side, the Division held that the identified differences were minor and did not change the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded 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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