Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-05
000124715
Contested design: 007496906-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 007496906-0011 is declared invalid; 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 007496906-0011 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kartell S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via delle Industrie, 1, 20082 Noviglio (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Eggree Network Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
12B10 Room, Leizhen Dasha,Fuming Rd,Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Chairs [seats]
Community design registration No 001124911-0010 · Office Design View database / Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-05-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on earlier RCD No 001124911-0010 for chairs published before 10/01/2020.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed and that both chair designs created the same overall impression; colour and leg-angle differences were minor given average design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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