Invalidity · first instance · 2025-10-15
000126975
Contested design: 008624837-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 008624837-0004 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)
Lunula necklace
http://ankakrystyniak.com (Internet Archive capture 2016-03-15) · Internet Archive / holder website · disclosed 2016-03-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested crescent-shaped jewellery design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier designs, including a matching Lunula necklace disclosed on 15/03/2016 on the holder's website.
- ›The holder contested the reliability and reach of the internet evidence, especially the Wayback Machine capture, and maintained that the contested design remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Invalidity Division held that the archived web page sufficiently proved disclosure under Article 7(1) EUDR and that the holder had not shown circumstances preventing the disclosure from becoming known to specialised circles.
- ›Comparing the disclosed necklace and the contested design, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and concluded that the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) EUDR.
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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