Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-29
000125717
Contested design: 015011299-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015011299-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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Belgium (BE)
Klein-Harelbekestraat 26, 8530 Hulste, Belgium
Represented by
Alexsandra Poks-Wieloik
Holder · RCD owner
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Poland (PL)
Łazy 103a, 37-550 Radymno, Poland
Represented by
Maria Karolina Hładyniuk-Gązwa
Prior art cited (1)
bunk beds
RCD No 005132628-0023 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-05-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the contested bunk-bed design was identical to earlier RCD No 005132628-0023 apart from immaterial details.
- ›The holder disputed the evidence links and argued the designs differed materially in the ladder, proportions, bed sides, openings, and other visible features.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its 8 May 2018 Community Designs Bulletin publication before the contested filing date.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found immediately perceptible differences in the oval openings, proportions, bed bases, and ladder steps, so novelty was not destroyed and the application failed.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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