Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-13
000125978
Contested design: 015030027-0005
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 015030027-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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)
Valencia outdoor lounge couch design shown in YouTube video titled "Tierra Outdoor 'Valencia' Loungeserie"
YouTube / Gartenmöbel Company · disclosed 2019-11-18
Valencia outdoor lounge couch design shown on catalogue pages 36-37
Tierra outdoor 2019 catalogue · Tierra Outdoor catalogue · disclosed 2019-12-31
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 3 August 2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 18 November 2019 YouTube video and the 2019 catalogue extracts as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the couch designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, with only minor differences in brightness contrasts and cushion flatness.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR, so the Article 5(1)(b) ground was not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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