Invalidity · first instance · 2025-09-19
000125817
Contested design: 005236536-0001
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 005236536-0001 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)
FAB 28 refrigerator
SMEG catalogue, pages 9 and 15 · SMEG catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested refrigerator design lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier SMEG FAB 28 design disclosed in a 2011 catalogue.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and comparability, stressing the contested design's interior views and arguing that interior differences created a distinct overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the SMEG catalogue as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for household refrigerators aside from basic functional constraints.
- ›It held that the exterior similarities and broadly comparable interior layout produced the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
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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