Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-14
000122217
Contested design: 005132628-0023
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered Community design No 005132628-0023 is rejected, and the applicant is ordered to pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se desestima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad del modelo comunitario registrado n.º 005132628-0023. 2. Se condena al solicitante a que sufrague las costas del titular, fijadas en 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Smartwood Jarosław Junikvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Łazy 103.a, 37-Radymno, Polonia
Represented by
Maria Karolina Hładyniuk-GAduanas zwa
Holder · RCD owner
VIPA bvba
Belgium (BE)
Klein-Harelbekestraat 26, 8530 Hulste, Bélgica
Represented by
Aleksandra Poks-Wielosik
Prior art cited (14)
bunk bed shown in Snooze Australia social-media evidence
https://www.snooze.com.au/ · Snooze Australia / Facebook
bunk bed shown in Snooze Australia social-media evidence
https://www.snooze.com.au/ · Snooze Australia / Facebook
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshots
Facebook · disclosed 2015-03-31
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
Facebook · disclosed 2018-05-08
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshot
bunk bed shown in Facebook screenshots
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on Facebook and website disclosures of bunk-bed designs made available before 11 April 2018.
- ›The holder argued the cited designs were materially different and that Australian online disclosures would not reasonably have become known to relevant EU circles.
- ›The Division held the screenshots sufficiently proved Internet disclosure under Article 7(1), and the holder did not rebut the presumption of accessibility in the European Union.
- ›The Division found none of the cited designs identical to the contested design because the visible differences were not insignificant, so the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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