Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-08
000125955
Contested design: 008780571-0002
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 008780571-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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)
still showing the applicant's Valencia outdoor lounge armchair design
YouTube video Tierra Outdoor Valencia Loungeserie · YouTube / Gartenmöbel Company · disclosed 2019-11-18
catalog pages showing the applicant's Valencia outdoor lounge armchair design
Tierra outdoor 2019 · Tierra Outdoor catalog · disclosed 2019-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested armchair design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Valencia lounge design disclosed before 30 November 2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, similarity, or the invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the 18 November 2019 YouTube still and the 2019 catalog extracts as sufficient disclosure of the earlier design under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs from the informed user's perspective, the Division found only minor color and cushion differences, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
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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