Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000125997
Contested design: 015043854-0007
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 015043854-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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Poland (PL)
ul. Jana Kilińskiego 35B, 27400 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Represented by
Klaudia Błach-Morysińska
Holder · RCD owner
Marta Krzyśków
Poland (PL)
Byczyńska 85, 46-203 Kluczbork, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
armchairs
Community design No 008500706-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Community designs, relying in particular on registered Community design No 008500706-0004.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed by publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before the contested filing date.
- ›Because the compared chair designs were identical in visible features, the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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