Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-04
000127496
Contested design: 009107964-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0091079640002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Limaya Interiors GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Altmünsterstraße 12, 52355 Düren, Germany
Represented by
Dr. Marc Zain, Michael Gürke, LL.M.
Holder · RCD owner
Jiaxing Hifine International Enterprise Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 233, Chang’an North Road, Wuyuan Street, Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang 314300, China
Represented by
Michele Carella
Prior art cited (1)
Chairs [seats]
Community design registration No 0060852880004 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-02-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based, among other things, on an earlier published Community design for chairs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed and that the shared chair features dominated the overall impression, with only minor differences remaining.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberEmmanuel Collin
Decision files
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