Invalidity · first instance · 2025-11-07
000127897
Contested design: 015003904-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 0150039040003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ecosauna Project OÜvia PDF extraction
ET
Põlva maakond, Estonia
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Saunasell OÜ
ET
Võnnu alevik, Kastre vald, Tartumaa, Estonia
Represented by
Anna Kosar
Prior art cited (21)
design shown on Leisurecraft Inc Facebook page
Facebook page of Leisurecraft Inc · disclosed 2018-05-24
Dundalk LeisureCraft Luna Sauna with Porch Assembly
YouTube · disclosed 2018-11-14
design shown on Sauna.is – Takjatakni ehf. Facebook page
Facebook page of Sauna.is – Takjatakni ehf. · disclosed 2020-10-26
Outdoor Cedar Luna Sauna from Log Furniture and More
YouTube · disclosed 2019-11-25
transportable buildings
EU design No 0091875030001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2022-09-29
Wallenium building
Projekt & Ehitus 2007
Framery 2Q pod building
https://workdesign.com · workdesign.com · disclosed 2019-02-15
BZB Oval sauna
https://fieldmag.com · archive.org / fieldmag.com · disclosed 2022-07-06
Oval Barrel Sauna
https://inhottub.be · archive.org / inhottub.be · disclosed 2021-01-21
camping house design from Inmedias Res OÜ Wooden Buildings Catalogue
Inmedias Res OÜ Wooden Buildings Catalogue
camping house design from Inmedias Res OÜ Wooden Buildings Catalogue
Inmedias Res OÜ Wooden Buildings Catalogue
saunas
EU design No 0005307200005 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2006-08-01
transportable buildings, houses, garages and other buildings
EU design No 0043504520003 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2017-09-28
transportable buildings
EU design No 0033059940001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2016-07-21
portable cabins
EU design No 0025703410001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2014-11-05
portable cabins
EU design No 0025703410002 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2014-11-05
telephone boxes, storage furniture, buildings [transportable] and advertising devices
EU design No 0019358420001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2012-01-17
video-conferencing booths
EU design No 0015952990001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2009-07-31
modular houses
EU design No 0065929110001 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2019-07-10
modular houses
EU design No 0065929110002 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2019-07-10
modular houses
EU design No 0065929110003 · EU Designs Register · disclosed 2019-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged lack of novelty and individual character over internet disclosures and earlier EU designs, arguing the informed user would focus on the exterior cuboid form and that designer freedom was high.
- ›The holder argued the design was a portable outdoor sauna with a distinctive fully glazed front, dark tiled shell and visible interior, and that the cited prior designs created different overall impressions.
- ›The Division treated the sector as transportable buildings intended for sauna use, counted visible interior, colours and materials in the comparison, excluded D5 under the grace period and D10-D11 for unproven disclosure.
- ›It found each remaining prior design produced a different overall impression and that D1-D4 also did not destroy novelty, so the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- 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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