Invalidity · first instance · 2018-06-21
000010783
Contested design: 003753086-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 003753086-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003753086-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fatboy the Original B.V.
Netherlands (NL)
De Steenbok 19-21, 5215 MG ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo JD Bag Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
R11-B337, #22, No. 689, Changxing Rd., Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province 315000, The People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chaise longues / inflatable lounger bag
RCD No 002621904-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on its earlier inflatable bag design and related internet disclosures.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed, rejected the novelty ground, but held the shared overall shape and features created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SEESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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