Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-07
000128455
Contested design: 015079132-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design 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 EU design No 015079132-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wydawnictwo "Nasza Księgarnia" spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Marek Wiński
Holder · RCD owner
Marielle Kuśmierkiewicz-Tourelvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Instagram post showing the prior educational game design in video stills
Instagram.com · disclosed 2023-05-26
Instagram post showing the prior educational game design in video stills
Instagram.com · disclosed 2023-11-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the holder had disclosed the same educational game design on Instagram before the grace period, so the contested design lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Instagram screenshots as sufficient proof of disclosure and found the grace period inapplicable because the posts predated filing by more than twelve months.
- ›Comparing the cube, cards and card box, the Division found only minor differences and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
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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