Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-24
000124616
Contested design: 015008114-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015008114-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Van der Leeden Mandwerk B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
De Griend 13, 4233 GE Ameide, Netherlands
Represented by
Marjolein Driessen
Holder · RCD owner
Gerard van der Sar
Netherlands (NL)
Leemolen 70, NL-2678 MH De Lier, Netherlands
Prior art cited (1)
baskets for holding flowerpots
RCD No 002227397-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-04-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying primarily on earlier RCD No 002227397-0002 for baskets for holding flowerpots.
- ›The holder filed no observations within the time limit and left the application undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, given broad design freedom for flower vases.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the Division did not examine the novelty ground further.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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