Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-26
000112721
Contested design: 007824701-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0078247010001 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
IceBreaker Nordic ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Slotspladsen 1, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu City Langzhu Supply Chain Management Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm 301, 3rd Floor, Bldg. 6, No 251, Houzhaishenzhou Rd, Yiwu, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ice cube tray
DM/207593 · WIPO International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-05-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested ice cube tray conflicted with its earlier international design DM/207593 and also invoked Article 25(1)(b) with Article 4(1).
- ›The applicant filed the WIPO registration certificate, bulletin extract, and Chinese priority application; the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was protected before the contested filing date and, applying Article 10, produced the same overall impression despite only minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld on Article 25(1)(d); the contested RCD was declared invalid and the unexamined alternative ground was unnecessary.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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