Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-24
000124635
Contested design: 015008114-0003
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 015008114-0003 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 002227397-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2013-04-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD No 002227397-0001 and referring also to broader disputes between the parties.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations within the time limit.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed by its 29/04/2013 bulletin publication and compared the designs from the perspective of the informed user of flower vases.
- ›It held that the similarities in shape, proportions, woven appearance and overall impression outweighed the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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