Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-21
000111321
Contested design: 001913294-0006
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 0019132940006 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) Limited
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 (5)
'Peko Penguin' children's suitcase design
http://www.picturecase.co.uk/ · picturecase.co.uk archived website · disclosed 2010-05-27
'Peko Penguin' children's suitcase design
http://www.picturecase.co.uk/ · picturecase.co.uk archived website · disclosed 2010-07-03
'Peko Penguin' children's suitcase design
https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/483091 · Cambridge Network website · disclosed 2010-07-07
'Peko Penguin' children's suitcase design
Facebook · Facebook platform · disclosed 2009-10-09
'Peko Penguin' children's suitcase design
Facebook · Facebook platform · disclosed 2010-04-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of the Peko Penguin children's suitcase design before the 6 September 2011 filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the archived website, Cambridge Network, and Facebook materials as reliable proof that the earlier design had been disclosed to the relevant EU sector before filing.
- ›Given broad design freedom for children's suitcases, the minor differences in wheels, side view, and small details did not alter the overall impression, so the contested RCD lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit CESSY FILTENBORG
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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