Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-11
000127838
Contested design: 015046863-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered EU design No 015046863-0005 is declared invalid, and the order states that the applicant bears the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015046863-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
Costs€750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
GrainGold Sp. z o.o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Świba, Poland
Represented by
Piotr Krajewski
Holder · RCD owner
Selsey sp. z o.o.
Poland (PL)
Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Katarzyna Krzywobłocka
Prior art cited (1)
Edvige bed
page 50 · 2022 catalogue · disclosed 2022-12-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the bed design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier upholstered beds, especially the Edvige bed shown in a 2022 catalogue, created the same overall impression.
- ›Holder argued the contested bed differed in shape, proportions, rounded convex modules, 45-degree joints, and a lighter cloud-like appearance.
- ›The Division accepted the 2022 catalogue as prior disclosure, found high designer freedom for upholstered beds, and treated colour and module-proportion differences as minor.
- ›It held that the contested bed produced the same overall impression as the prior design, so the invalidity application was upheld and the design declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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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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