Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-11
000122477
Contested design: 008264824-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested registered Community design is declared invalid; 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. 008264824-0004 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 veneered knotted oak table with two 50 cm central extensions, 160x90 when closed
Article 1650 · 'Vita' catalog corroborated by invoices nos. 2854, 2860 and 2862 · disclosed 2019-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier extendable table shown in the 'Vita' catalog and corroborated by November 2019 invoices.
- ›The holder argued the tables sector is crowded and that differences in leg thickness, proportions, central plate structure and compactness created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found prior disclosure proven under Article 7 through the catalog plus invoices, rejected the crowding argument for lack of evidence, and considered designer freedom broad aside from technical constraints.
- ›Comparing overall impressions, the Division found both tables share a rectangular top with two central extensions and a very similar X-shaped leg structure, so the contested design lacks individual character and is invalid.
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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