Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-15
000126958
Contested design: 008624837-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008624837-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Marta Kaliszewska-Haśkavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Magdalena Tarała
Holder · RCD owner
Anna Krystyniak
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Instagram post showing a lady wearing a necklace with a crescent-moon pendant with ornamental filigree
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFliqbEGMlf · Instagram · disclosed 2016-05-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on a 19 May 2016 Instagram disclosure of a similar crescent-moon jewellery design.
- ›The holder argued the design was new and individually distinctive and said the Instagram evidence did not prove public disclosure to specialised circles before filing.
- ›The Division held the Instagram screenshot contained the required date, image, and source, and the holder failed to rebut that the online disclosure could reasonably become known to the relevant circles.
- ›Given broad designer freedom in jewellery, the compared pendants produced the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
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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