Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-11
000122439
Contested design: 008264824-0005
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(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 008264824-0005 è dichiarato nullo. 3. La titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Giacomino S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Porta Mare, 37, 45100 Rovigo, Italia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Mobili Fiver S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Via O. Bottecchia 6, 33087 Pasiano di Pordenone (PN), Italia
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
extendable table shown in the undated Vita catalog as “tavolo impiallacciato rovere nodato con due allunghe da 50 cm al centro”
ART 1650 · catalogo 'Vita' corroborato da fatture italiane · disclosed 2019-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested extendable table lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier table design disclosed in its Vita catalog and 2019 sales invoices.
- ›The holder argued the tables differed in leg proportions, inclination, central body, and extension structure, and said the crowded table sector made small differences decisive.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier design because the undated catalog was corroborated by invoices dated before the 10 November 2020 filing date.
- ›The Division found broad designer freedom and held the shared rectangular extendable top and X-shaped leg structure dominated the overall impression; the extension differences were secondary.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberJessica N. LEWIS
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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