Invalidity · first instance · 2026-01-28
000122758
Contested design: 001466098-0003
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 001466098-0003 is rejected, and the applicant must bear costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 001466098-0003 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MAR-S sp. z o.o. S.K.Avia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
63640 Bralin, Poland
Holder · RCD owner
Sagan Fm Gabriela Wąsala Spółka Komandytowavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
63-600 Kępno, Poland
Represented by
Marta Koremba
Prior art cited (2)
Sofa-beds, Sofas
EU design registration No 003075803-0004 · Office's Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-05-02
Seating furniture
EU design registration No 002115931-0008 · Office's Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2012-10-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested corner-sofa design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier EU design No 003075803-0004 and also conflicted with prior EU designs under Article 25(1)(d) EUDR.
- ›Holder maintained that the cited prior design created a different overall impression and that the applicant had not properly established the alleged prior designs or a saturated state of the art.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of prior design 1 but found visible differences in the headrests, armrests, quilting and legs, so the contested design produced a different overall impression and also was not identical for novelty purposes.
- ›The Division further held that Article 25(1)(d) EUDR did not apply because both invoked prior EU designs had already been published before the contested design filing date, so the invalidity application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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