Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-10
000127856
Contested design: 015050284-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità del disegno o modello dell'UE registrato n.- 015050284 è respinta. Il richiedente sopporta l'onere delle spese del titolare, fissate a 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Joanna Tymczyjvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Poznań, Polonia
Holder · RCD owner
Top Sale Spółka z Ograniczonto Odpowiedzialnościtovia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Warszawa, Polonia
Represented by
Anna-Maria Sobczak
Prior art cited (1)
hot-water bottle / heating pad
015003962-0001 · EUIPO Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-11-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested design copied its earlier EU design and earlier public disclosures, so it lacked novelty and individual character and also conflicted with its prior registered design.
- ›Holder replied that the contested design had a different overall tree-like shape, rounded upper part and characteristic stitching, so it remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) was inapplicable because the earlier EU design had been published before the contested filing date, and it disregarded untranslated or insufficiently identified evidence.
- ›Comparing the validly invoked earlier RCD with the contested design, the Division found significant differences in shape, lines, thickness and proportions, producing a different overall impression.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENTO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| 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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