Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-08
000109261
Contested design: 006375747-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006375747-0001 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
Sulan Ouvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
2 Haihua Rd, Jiyang Dist. Sanya, Hainan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
JIAWEI QIUvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 12, ShiHuang Temple, Lianfeng Village, Fengqiao Town, Nanhu District, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, 314000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Manuel DE ARPE TEJERO
Prior art cited (1)
jacket published on www.amazon.fr
ASIN B07MTJ5FP3 · www.amazon.fr · disclosed 2019-01-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier jacket designs, relying in particular on D1 disclosed on Amazon.fr.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison with the earlier design.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 5 and the Amazon.fr extract for ASIN B07MTJ5FP3 as solid evidence that D1 was publicly available before the filing date.
- ›Given broad designer freedom for jackets, the shared layered construction, hood, pockets, zippers, and decorative elements outweighed minor differences and produced the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so novelty and other prior designs were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- 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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