Invalidity · first instance · 2025-06-10
000125716
Contested design: 015010721-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 0150107210001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Puczyński-Mała Architektura Mariusz Puczyńskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Pruszków, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Maciej Paluchowski
Poland (PL)
Sulnowo, Poland
Represented by
Jakub Kubalski
Prior art cited (1)
prior park bench design shown in the applicant's 2019 street furniture catalogue and later 2021 catalogue as No 180489_02
bench No 13-04-89_02 · Puczyński Mała Architektura Street Furniture 2019 catalogue / applicant website and Internet Archive
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that its earlier park bench design had been disclosed before filing and that the contested design reproduced the same S-profile and slatted overall appearance.
- ›The holder disputed timely disclosure, argued the informed user was highly attentive and professional, and claimed differences in armrests, slat spacing and seat arrangement created a distinct impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the applicant's catalogues, website material and archived screenshots sufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR.
- ›It held that the common S-shaped structure and separated slats dominated the overall impression, the differences were minor, and the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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