Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-03
000106419
Contested design: 004497113-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; RCD No 004497113-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 004497113-0001 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
WowWee Group Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
Energy Plaza, Unit 301-C, 92 Granville Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tong De Limitedvia PDF extraction
VG
Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
toy
RCD No 004382158-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-10
toy
RCD No 004382158-0006 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested monkey toy conflicted with its two earlier RCDs and lacked individual character in light of those prior designs.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 25(1)(d) ground because the cited earlier designs were published before, not after, the contested filing date, but accepted them as prior disclosures under Article 7.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division found only minor differences and held that the contested design lacked individual character over prior RCD No 004382158-0005, so the application was upheld.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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