Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000126024
Contested design: 015043854-0009
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 015043854-0009 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 (06.01)
RCD No 008430326-0029 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested chair design lacked novelty and individual character because it matched an earlier registered Community design for armchairs disclosed before filing.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations on the invalidity application but filed no reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of earlier RCD No 008430326-0029 in the Community Designs Bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the compared designs identical in shape, proportions, colours, materials, and upholstery pattern, so the contested design lacked novelty and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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