Invalidity · first instance · 2018-12-03
000011219
Contested design: 003407196-0007
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must bear the holder's costs, fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 003407196-0007 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
Tomasz Gawrylczyk
Poland (PL)
Juliusza Słowackiego 32/36 m.5, 01-634 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
TCC Global N.V.
Netherlands (NL)
World Trade Centre, Zuidplein 84, 1077XV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Goodness Gang Felicity Fig Soft Beanie Toy plush toy
ASIN B00M0NRYY0 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2014-07-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier disclosed plush toy sold on Amazon.co.uk from 22 July 2014.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient proof of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Despite shared fruit-toy features, the Division found differences in shape, stem, surface, expression, feet and arm attachment, creating a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested RCD retained individual character; the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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