Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-24
000101699
Contested design: 003519503-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003519503-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Trimetals Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8ST, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhejiang Long Yard Industry & Trade Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 8 Hengsi Road, Zheshang Industry Zone, Longshan Town, Yongkang City, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
storage units
RCD No 002526830-0001 · Office bulletin · disclosed 2014-09-10
advertisement for storage furniture
Directory of A British Garden & Leisure Products 2015-16 · Directory of A British Garden & Leisure Products 2015-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002526830-0001 and a prior product-directory advertisement, and also invoked Article 25(1)(d).
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD, rejected the novelty attack because the differences were not immaterial, but found the common shape, structure and proportions gave the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b); the Article 25(1)(d) ground was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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