Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-19
000125798
Contested design: 005236536-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 005236536-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Woods & Go Design S.Lvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Beniarjó, Spain
Represented by
Celeste Reig Albiñana
Prior art cited (1)
design of the 'FAB32' refrigerator
SMEG catalogue, page 5, FAB32 · SMEG catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested refrigerator lacked novelty and individual character over a prior SMEG design disclosed in a 2011 catalogue, and that designer freedom in refrigerator shape was broad.
- ›The holder challenged disclosure and comparability, stressing that the contested registration included interior views and arguing that interior differences and functional constraints preserved novelty and individual character.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the 2011 SMEG catalogue as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and found that designer freedom for household refrigerators was only narrowly constrained.
- ›It found the shared retro two-door exterior created the same overall impression despite unshown interior differences, so the application was upheld, the design invalidated, and costs fixed against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
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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