Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-21
000108821
Contested design: 006711149-0002
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0067111490002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shanghai ANGOO Stationery Gift Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 2407, No.5616, CaoAn Road, Anting Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Juxiong Lu
China (CN)
Room 405, No. 33 Dongfeng West Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
Pencil case / pen case design
RCD No 0063130860001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-03-20
Two additional views of the earlier pencil case showing the front compartment open
Offers of three pencil cases on Amazon German and UK portals
Amazon.de / Amazon.co.uk
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied mainly on its earlier RCD for a pencil case and argued that the contested design copied its triangular prism shape, side strip and front zippered compartment.
- ›Holder pointed to differences in the interior, extra zippers, strip dimensions and other small details, and disputed the applicant's extra views and Amazon evidence.
- ›The Division relied on the earlier registered design, set aside the extra views and Amazon material, and found the common shape, strip and front compartment dominated the overall impression despite some additional zippers and detail changes.
- ›The contested pencil case lacked individual character over the earlier RCD and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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