Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-08
000125936
Contested design: 008780571-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid in full, 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 008780571-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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 coffee table from the Valencia lounge series
YouTube video "Tierra Outdoor “Valencia” Loungeserie" · YouTube / Gartenmöbel Company · disclosed 2019-11-18
outdoor coffee table from the Valencia lounge series
Tierra outdoor 2019 · Tierra outdoor catalogue · disclosed 2019-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested coffee table lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Valencia lounge-series design disclosed before filing through a YouTube video and a 2019 catalogue.
- ›The holder did not submit observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed by 18/11/2019 and that the contested design created the same overall impression; colour and beam-count differences were immaterial.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR, so the RCD was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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