Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-19
000124815
Contested design: 015042472-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015042472-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
DecobusHandelGmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Am Maibusch 108, 45883 Gelsenkirchen Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jingerful Inc.
United States (US)
1912 S Oswego Way, Aurora Colorado 80014, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Dining chairs
RCD No 015039084-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-11-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD 015039084-0004 for dining chairs.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was validly disclosed by its 9 November 2023 publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›Given the high designer freedom for chairs, the designs' shared structure, upholstery, backrest pattern, baroque legs, and similar colours created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| 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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