Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-17
000130221
Contested design: 015088332-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered EU design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 720.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered EU design No 015088332-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 720.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €720
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
P. J. Tekstil Sp. z o. o.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Mierzyn, Poland
Represented by
Bartłomiej Henryk Tomaszewski
Holder · RCD owner
Wittchen S.A.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Czosnów, Poland
Prior art cited (1)
suitcase design
EU design registration No 004764660-0002 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based, among other things, on an earlier published EU design.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of EU design No 004764660-0002 through its 21/03/2018 publication in the EU Designs Bulletin.
- ›It found the contested suitcase-body design produced the same overall impression as the prior design, with only minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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