Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-23
000112164
Contested design: 006781761-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must reimburse the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1 .la domanda di nullità è accolta. 2.il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 006781761-0001 è dichiarato nullo. 3. la titolare sopporta le spese sostenute dalla richiedente, fissate in 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Prokapital Management, SIAvia PDF extraction
LV
Krdibattia UlmaSTI a gatve 2a, Riga, LV-1004, Lettonia
Represented by
Olga Vahatova
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Yinzhou Harbour Imp & Exp Co.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
CQ dNo.16 Panloni Road, Five township, Yinzhou District Ningbo City, Repubblica popolare cinese
Prior art cited (2)
massage element for acupressure products
RCD No 005242559-0001 · EUIPO design database · disclosed 2018-04-26
massage element for acupressure products
RCD No 001552605-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over two earlier RCDs and also invoked conflict with an earlier copyright-protected Latvian work.
- ›The holder filed no observations within the deadline; later observations from a newly appointed representative were disregarded as late.
- ›The Division found earlier RCD D2 had been disclosed, the designer's freedom was broadly wide, and the common flower-like spiked massage-element configuration dominated the overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6, so the application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated, and the Division did not examine the copyright ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė Sakalaitė
- MemberBirgit CESSY 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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