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.via PDF extraction
IL
1 Sapir Street, 14th Floor Industrial Zone, 4685205 Herzliya, Israel
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Sukk Furniture Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
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 ↗ |
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| 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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