Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-13
000125976
Contested design: 015030027-0002
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 015030027-0002 is declared invalid. 3. 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 (1)
outdoor lounge design series 'Valencia'
Benelux design registration No 87590-01 · Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) register · disclosed 2018-06-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over its earlier 'Valencia' outdoor lounge design, relying in particular on Benelux design registration No 87590-01 published in 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the substantive invalidity grounds.
- ›The Division accepted the BOIP registration extract as sufficient proof of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and assessed individual character first for procedural economy.
- ›Given the designer's at least average freedom and the designs' highly similar overall appearance, the contested design produced the same overall impression and lacked individual character, so invalidity was granted with costs against the holder.
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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