Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-28
000114803
Contested design: 008278451-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicants' fixed costs of EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0082784510003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicants’ costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Method Animation SASvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
46 avenue de Breteuil, 75007 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Zhiming Huang
China (CN)
No. 6, Yuantankeng, Shuangge Village, Huqiu Town, Anxi County, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
Amazon.fr offer for 'GREAHWD Ladybug girl costume'
ASIN B088WHP7S3 · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2020-05-19
Amazon.fr offer for 'FZCRRDU KOCCAE Carnival Child Ladybug Costume'
ASIN B0838CSS5F · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2019-12-28
Online press release by the applicants with costume images
ZAG Announces Multiple 'MIRACULOUS' Deals · disclosed 2020-08-31
Still from a YouTube video showing a ladybug costume
YouTube video 'Miraculous Ladybug costume pour Halloween' · YouTube · disclosed 2019-09-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity because the costume design allegedly lacked novelty and individual character and also invoked Article 25(1)(e).
- ›They relied on Amazon.fr listings, a press release, and a YouTube video showing a similar ladybug costume before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, facts, or evidence in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier ladybug costume and found the differences, including denser black dots and omitted accessories, did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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