Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-28
000126275
Contested design: 015035671-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015035671-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Domino Polska Spółka z Ograniczoną ODpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Rzeźnicza 4, 58-200 Dzierżoniów, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Schaffner Brzegowa sp. j.
Poland (PL)
ul. Floriańska 37/1, 31-019 Kraków, Poland
Represented by
Marek Mikosza
Prior art cited (1)
Domino U0705 furniture handle; applicant also referenced RCD No 005629854-0001
https://akcesoriazagrosze.pl · Wayback Machine / web.archive.org · disclosed 2022-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on the earlier Domino U0705 handle disclosed before 28/09/2023.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Wayback Machine evidence as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom apart from grip and mounting constraints for furniture handles.
- ›It held the contested handle created the same overall impression as the earlier design, upheld the application, invalidated the RCD, and awarded costs against the holder.
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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