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, SIA
LV
Krdibattia UlmaSTI a gatve 2a, Riga, LV-1004, Lettonia
Represented by
Olga Vahatova
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Yinzhou Harbour Imp & Exp Co.
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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