Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-18
000126536
Contested design: 015019677-0002
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015019677-0002 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kartell S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via delle Industrie, 1, 20082 Noviglio (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Oleksandr Butskovia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Flat 1, 22 Augusta Road, Ramsgate CT11 8JP, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Kabuki lamp / free standing lamp
RCD No 002551580-0004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2014-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD No 002551580-0004 for a Kabuki lamp.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was undefended.
- ›The Division assessed individual character first and found disclosure of the earlier RCD proven by its 24/11/2014 publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›It held that the contested lamp reproduced the prior design's overall shape, perforated surface, and stem spheres, and that color and minor lampshade differences did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina Gemma SENERIO LLOVET
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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