Invalidity · first instance · 2019-09-13
000105280
Contested design: 005328234-0001
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 005328234-0001 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
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United States (US)
1038 E. Bastanchury Rd. #154, Fullerton, California 92835, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
HD Packaging Group Company Limited
China (CN)
2507A, Lerthai Center, Zhongshan East Road, Chang’an District, Shijiazhuang City, Heibei Province 050000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dispensers, bottles, caps
RCD No 003556216-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-03-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier RCD No 003556216-0005 for dispensers, bottles and caps.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Given broad designer freedom, the minor cap and bottle-bottom differences did not alter the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
Decision files
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