Invalidity · first instance · 2025-12-19
000128695
Contested design: 008566814-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 008566814-0002 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
Kartell S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Noviglio (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Francesco Petruzzellivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Andria, Italy
Prior art cited (3)
chairs [seats]
EU design registration No 001124911-0006 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-05-05
chairs [seats]
EU design registration No 001124911-0010 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-05-05
Article 'philippe starck: masters chair for Kartell' showing D1 commercialised in different colours
https://www.designboom.com · designboom.com · disclosed 2020-08-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier EU designs D1 and D2 and related web disclosure D3a-c.
- ›The holder argued the contested chair differed in the backrest, armrests, seat, leg positioning, and colour, and maintained that it remained new and individually distinctive.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1, D2, and D3a-c, but found the backrest structure, armrest curvature, and overall appearance created a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design had individual character and therefore also could not lack novelty vis-a-vis the invoked prior designs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
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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