Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-27
000105579
Contested design: 005615283-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 005615283-0001 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
Peter Dertsakyanvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
7700 Babcock Avenue, North Hollywood 91605, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xuanxing Chen
China (CN)
Xiabaiqiao, Baiqiao Village, Yuelong Street, Ninghai County, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Bristly sanitary toy for dogs
‘Bristly’ YouTube video / product disclosure · YouTube · disclosed 2018-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior disclosure of the same 'Bristly' dog sanitary toy on the internet and at trade events before 21 August 2018.
- ›The holder argued the cited disclosures would not reasonably become known to specialised EU circles and that colour and top-and-bottom view differences gave the contested design novelty and a different overall impression.
- ›The Division admitted the supplementary evidence and found the YouTube upload and SuperZoo exhibition were events that could reasonably become known to specialised circles under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It rejected the novelty claim because colour differences were not immaterial, but found no different overall impression for individual character and declared the RCD invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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