Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-12
000114203
Contested design: 007229596-0001
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 0072295960001 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
Julius-K9 GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Machtlfinger Str. 26, 81379 München, Germany
Represented by
Norbert András Pataki
Holder · RCD owner
Feiyan Chen
China (CN)
No. 22, Zhuxi Chenjia, Zhanqian Village, Dengpu Town, Yujiang County Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province 335000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
harness
RCD No 0054375060013 · disclosed 2019-03-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested dog harness lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 0054375060013 because the overall shape, connections and colour coincided.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed before the filing date and treated the designer’s freedom for dog harnesses as not limited.
- ›The similarities in shape, structure, connections and red-black colour combination outweighed minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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