Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-08
000125935
Contested design: 008780571-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008780571-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tierra Outdoor GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Gewerbepark Antrup 11, 49525 Lengerich, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Caoxian Yuning Home Decor Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Linzhuang Village, Ancailou Town, Cao County, Heze City (Shandong Province) 274400, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
outdoor lounge design from the Valencia series
YouTube video "Tierra Outdoor “Valencia” Loungeserie" · YouTube · disclosed 2019-11-18
outdoor lounge design from the Valencia series shown on page 38
Tierra outdoor 2019 · catalogue · disclosed 2019-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Valencia outdoor lounge designs disclosed online and in its 2019 catalogue.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of designs D1 and D2 before the filing date and found the contested couch created the same overall impression, despite minor colour and cushion differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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