Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-13
000125917
Contested design: 015030027-0004
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015030027-0004 is declared invalid. 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
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (2)
Video still showing the applicant's prior Valencia outdoor lounge couch design
YouTube video "Tierra Outdoor “Valencia” Loungeserie" · YouTube channel by Gartenmöbel Company · disclosed 2019-11-18
Catalogue pages showing the applicant's prior Valencia outdoor lounge couch design
Tierra outdoor 2019 catalogue · Tierra outdoor 2019 catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier Valencia outdoor lounge design disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not dispute disclosure, novelty, or individual character.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through the 18 November 2019 YouTube video and the 2019 catalogue taken together.
- ›It found only minor differences between the couch designs and held that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) with Article 4(1) and Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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