Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-13
000121915
Contested design: 006574521-0001
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 006574521-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Keter Home and Garden Products Ltd.via PDF extraction
IL
1 Sapir Street, 14th Floor Industrial Zone, Herzliya 4685205, Israel
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Sukk Furniture Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.25, Kangqiang Rd., Beicheng St., Huangyan Dist., Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Prior art cited (1)
sun lounger / garden furniture
Community design registration No. 002416479-0001 · EUIPO designs database · disclosed 2014-05-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier RCD No. 002416479-0001 for a sun lounger.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed before the filing date and that designer freedom for sun loungers was broad.
- ›Because both designs created the same overall impression despite colour differences, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- 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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