Invalidity · first instance · 2024-04-09
000120860
Contested design: 008818298-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008818298-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Paweł Grabińskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Jezioro 68, 42133 Jezioro, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Grekpol - Paweł Papadopoulos
Poland (PL)
Zielona 4a, 63-604 Słupia pod Kępnem, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
article showing a grey armchair and footrest offered for sale
Grekpol.pl · holder's website Grekpol.pl · disclosed 2020-07-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested armchair and footrest design lacked novelty and individual character because the holder had disclosed it online in 2020 and similar designs had been available online since 2019.
- ›The holder disputed Annex 17, arguing the date could not be linked unambiguously to the depicted armchair and that the earlier exhibits were uncertain, illegible, or insufficiently clear.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 17 as a valid internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR, found the grace-period exception in Article 7(2) inapplicable, and treated the designer's freedom for armchairs as high.
- ›Comparing the prior disclosure with the contested design, the Division found only minor differences and held that the contested design lacked individual character, so the application succeeded in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| 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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