Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-26
000127215
Contested design: 015005854-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015005854-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
The StudyBed Company Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
International House Station Yard, Thame, Oxfordshire Ox9 3UH, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Fradur S.A.via PDF extraction
UY
Juan B. Morelli 4033, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Hiddenbed hinge mechanism used in the StudyBed / Splendid convertible furniture
M01 BBA S10 · Hiddenbed standard document, technical drawings, invoices and purchase orders
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested hinge design lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier M01 BBA S10 mechanism disclosed and sold in the UK and EU before the priority date.
- ›Applicant relied on the UKIPO invalidity decision plus emails, technical drawings, invoices, and distribution documents showing the mechanism in trade since 2014.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the evidence coherent and sufficient to prove prior disclosure of the mechanism and concluded that all discernible protected features of the contested design had already been disclosed.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5 CDR, so the design was invalidated without examining individual character under Article 6.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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