Invalidity · first instance · 2019-03-21
000103899
Contested design: 005508702-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0055087020001 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
LiaoYang Baile Health Care Products Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.160-1 Liao An Road, Shoushan Liaoyang, 111200 Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhiliang Wang
China (CN)
No. 55, Group 6, Minzhu Village, Fenghe Town, Linshui County, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
erotic articles
Community design registration No 0022123160002 · Community Design Bulletin · disclosed 2013-04-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier designs, relying in particular on prior Community design No 0022123160002.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity arguments undefended.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed and that both designs shared the same key composition, colours, handle layout and decorative elements.
- ›It held that differences in the forked body shape and colours did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGaile SAKALAITE
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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