Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-04
000126295
Contested design: 008777254-0011
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene EU-Geschmacksmuster Nr. 008777254-0011 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nobia Production Sweden ABvia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Tidahol, Sweden
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
VD Werkstätten GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Bad Salzuflen, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
kannelierte Möbelplatte
EU Design No. 003306331-0002 · WIPO Global Design Database · disclosed 2016-07-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, arguing that the designer had a high degree of freedom.
- ›It relied in particular on earlier EU design D5, evidenced by a WIPO Global Design Database register extract dated 14 July 2016.
- ›The holder argued D5 showed a materially different, essentially flat board with attached rounded rods and therefore created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division found both designs conveyed the same overall impression of a channeled furniture board, with color and depth differences insufficient given the designer's freedom.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character; novelty was not examined further and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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