Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-02
000114684
Contested design: 008039606-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0080396060001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
PTM Guard, SIAvia PDF extraction
LV
Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve 2A, L-1004 Riga, Latvia
Represented by
Olga Vahatova
Holder · RCD owner
Rongxing Jiangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.28 Liyangxin Road, Nanhui Committee, Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
David Evans
Prior art cited (3)
massage element for acupressure products
RCD No 005242559-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-04-26
massage element for acupressure products
RCD No 001552605-0003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2009-07-27
massage element for acupressure products
RCD No 006781761-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-08-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested massage-element design lacked novelty and individual character over three earlier RCDs and also conflicted with an earlier Latvian copyrighted work.
- ›The holder filed no observations or evidence in reply within the Office time limit.
- ›The Division accepted prior RCD No 006781761-0001 as disclosed before filing and found that the shared flower-like shape and 30 protuberances outweighed minor differences in point, density, underside pattern, and colour.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, the other pleaded grounds were left unexamined, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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