Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-01
000118643
Contested design: 008813851-0001
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 008813851-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Przedsiębiorstwo Produkcyjno – Handlowo - Usługowe „ANDERS’ Export – Import Setla Wiesławvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Węglowa 21, 34300 Żywiec, Poland
Represented by
Anna Bożek-Mozgała
Holder · RCD owner
Kaza Design Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Ul. Żywiecka 212, 34325 Łodygowice, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
Facebook posts showing a coffee table called 'Ralph wood'
Facebook · disclosed 2018-09-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Facebook disclosures of the 'Ralph wood' coffee table from 22 September 2018.
- ›The holder argued the Bibia table was original, stressing its bent metal base, parallel double legs, market context, and functional constraints on coffee-table design.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook posts as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the informed user would focus on the strong similarities in rounded top, proportions, and three-leg base.
- ›Because the designer's freedom was not severely limited and the differences were minor, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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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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