Invalidity · first instance · 2025-07-10
000126715
Contested design: 015051903-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015051903-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité a été confirmée. 2. Le dessin ou modèle de l’UE enregistré no 015051903-0001 est déclaré nul. 3. Le titulaire supporte les frais, fixés à 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hikkivia PDF extraction
Sweden (SE)
Tärnaby, Suède
Represented by
Marcin Kręglewski
Holder · RCD owner
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Poland (PL)
Cracovie, Pologne
Represented by
Michał Grabarz
Prior art cited (1)
Hikki wooden bathtub design
http://hikki.se/butik/utomhusbadkar/bohemn · Internet Archive · disclosed 2018-12-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier Hikki bathtub design, and also invoked a copyright-based ground.
- ›The holder argued the contested design created a different overall impression, its shared features were common or technically driven, and colour, proportions, and construction details distinguished it.
- ›The Division accepted the archived Hikki webpage as prior public disclosure, found the designer retained substantial freedom, and held the common bathtub form, wood trim, and vertical chimney dominated the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b); the contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’Errico
- MemberRebecca SANTANA
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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