Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-08
000110767
Contested design: 007424403-0002
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007424403-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) Ltd.via PDF extraction
IL
1 Oranim Street, Givat Shmuel 5405201, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Maochuan Lin
China (CN)
No.402, Bldg 2, Yijiamingdu Garden, Yixing Guangyi St., Chenghai Dist., Shantou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bath toy 'The Submarine Spray Station'
RCD No 002648550-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2015-05-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 002648550-0002 and also invoked an earlier-design-right conflict.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD as prior disclosure and found broad designer freedom for bath toys.
- ›Because the shared features dominated the minor differences, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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