Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-21
000121934
Contested design: 007116611-0006
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 007116611-0006 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.
IL
1 Sapir Street, 14th Floor Industrial Zone, 4685205 Herzliya, Israel
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Sukk Furniture Co., Ltd
China (CN)
No.8 Jinchuan Road, Huangyan, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
outdoor dining table
Community design registration No 003457654-0007 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the outdoor rattan table lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier RCD No 003457654-0007, published in 2016, and also alleged bad faith.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division treated the bad-faith allegation as inadmissible, accepted publication of the earlier RCD as sufficient disclosure, and found broad designer freedom for outdoor dining tables.
- ›Because the shared shape, leg placement, rattan-style surfaces and under-table walls outweighed minor border, pattern and shade differences, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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