Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000126023
Contested design: 015043854-0008
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 015043854-0008 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)
'Colin' / 'Colin velvet upholstery chair'
https://allegro.pl/oferta/krzeslotapicerowane-colin-aksamit-velvet-welur-14518808113 · allegro.pl · disclosed 2020-07-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on the holder's earlier online disclosure of the 'Colin' chair before 14 July 2020.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest the alleged disclosure or similarity.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro webpages and buyer comments as proof that the prior chair had been made available to the public under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the designs identical in visible features, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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