Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-12
000130210
Contested design: 009176290-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 720 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 009176290-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangzhou Topmax Enterprise Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Peter Callsen
Denmark (DK)
hellerup, Denmark
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
grey corner sofa shown in the outdoor furniture catalogue
Maisons du Monde 'OUTDOOR Collection 2021' catalogue, page 119 · Maisons du Monde France, S.A.S. · disclosed 2021-02-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested garden-chair design lacked novelty and individual character, relying on a February 2021 Maisons du Monde outdoor furniture catalogue.
- ›The holder filed no substantive observations and stated it did not wish to submit observations in the matter.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the catalogue disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the prior grey corner sofa showed the same dominant block-shaped corner configuration.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom for modular outdoor seating, the Division found no meaningful visual differences and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 720 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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