Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-06
000126159
Contested design: 015043854-0005
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 015043854-0005 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)
chair disclosed online under the name 'LUCA' / 'New Home velvet chair, shades of gray 1 pc.'
https://allegro.pl/oferta/krzeslotapicerowane-welurowe-do-salonu-jadalni-nowoczesne-glamour-luca-15416998274 · allegro.pl · disclosed 2021-05-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier chair design disclosed online by the holder from at least 20 May 2021.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations on the invalidity application or the evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Allegro webpage and buyer-comment dates as proof of disclosure and assessed individual character first for procedural economy.
- ›Given the high degree of design freedom for chairs, the colour difference was insufficient; the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior LUCA chair.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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