Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-23
000125275
Contested design: 015021501-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 015021501-0006 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015021501-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Euromobila Prodvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Jud.Giurgiu, Str.Muntenia Nr.5, Mun.Giurgiu, 080303 Giurgiu, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Sofas Collectionvia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
str. Dumbravei, nr. 306, 617185 Comuna Dumbrava Roșie, Sat Dumbrava Roșie, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
Couches, Armchairs, Corner units
Community design registration No 002756270-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-09-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier Community design registration No 002756270-0001 and also invoking Article 25(1)(d) CDR.
- ›The holder, although invited to respond, filed no observations in the invalidity proceedings.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed through publication in the Community Designs Bulletin on 9 September 2015, before the contested design filing date.
- ›Given the high degree of designer freedom for sofas, the similarities in shape, proportions, cushions, stitching, and matching puffs meant the contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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