Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-21
000111302
Contested design: 001913294-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0019132940001 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
JUMI Sp. z o.o. S.k.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Myśliwska 34A, 95 200 Pabianice, Poland
Represented by
Aleksandra Młoczkowska
Holder · RCD owner
Picture Case (HK) Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Flat/RM 801, E/F South China Ind Bldg, 1-8 Chun Pin St, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (2)
Cazbi Bee children's suitcase from the Cuties & Pals line
http://www.picturecase.co.uk/ · picturecase.co.uk (archived) · disclosed 2011-03-14
Cazbi Bee children's suitcase offered on Amazon.co.uk
ASIN B00 595 FCRC · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2011-07-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued that the contested children's suitcase lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier 'Cazbi Bee' suitcase disclosed on picturecase.co.uk and Amazon.co.uk before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted both internet disclosures, found the compared suitcases shared the same front and side shapes and smiling bee decoration, and treated the wheels and additional handle as functional or minor differences.
- ›The contested suitcase produced the same overall impression as the earlier design and was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M.BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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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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