Invalidity · first instance · 2025-01-23
000125295
Contested design: 015021501-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 015021501-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015021501-0001 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 Prod
Romania (RO)
Jud.Giurgiu, Str.Muntenia Nr.5, Mun.Giurgiu, 080303 Giurgiu, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
Sofas Collection
Romania (RO)
str. Dumbravei, nr. 306, 617185 Comuna Dumbrava Roșie, Sat Dumbrava Roșie, Romania
Prior art cited (1)
Settees, extendible sofas
RCD No 015004401-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier RCD No 015004401-0001 for settees and extendible sofas.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed before 15 May 2023 through publication in the Community Designs Bulletin.
- ›Comparing the sofa designs, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user, with color differences insufficient given high design freedom.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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