Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-17
000122481
Contested design: 002126649-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002126649-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tomasz Bentkowskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Jesionowa 14, 62-005 Owińska, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Lilou Sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
ul. Filtrowa 50, 02-032 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Łukasz Baszczyński
Prior art cited (1)
pendant
Community design registration No 000723374-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2007-05-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing the clover motif had been disclosed earlier and citing prior RCD No 000723374-0001.
- ›The holder argued the earlier design differed sufficiently in overall impression and that the applicant had not proved lack of novelty or individual character.
- ›The Division found the prior RCD had been validly disclosed in the Community Designs Bulletin before the filing date of the contested design.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom for pendants, the differences were minor and the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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