Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-07
000121776
Contested design: 015020001-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 015020001-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015020001-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ihor Zhukvia PDF extraction
UA
vul. Promyslova, 26E, smt. Shidnytsia 82391, Ukraine
Holder · RCD owner
Shaman Inventions
LV
Kaļķu iela 12, Cēsis, 4101, Latvia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Instagram post showing the 'LELEKA' / 'Architoyz' children's stepladder design
Instagram · disclosed 2022-07-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested children's stepladder lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier LELEKA / Architoyz design disclosed on Instagram before the filing date.
- ›Holder challenged disclosure, stressed safety-driven technical constraints, and argued differences such as triangular supports, dimensions, fastening details, and folded appearance created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted annex C as a valid internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR, found the designer's freedom at least average, and treated the claimed differences as insufficient to change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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