Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-21
000114626
Contested design: 008055289-0001
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 008055289-0001 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
Limited Liability Company FIN-GEARSvia PDF extraction
UA
Zdolbunivska Str., 3-G, Kyiv 02068, Ukraine
Represented by
Olga Vahatova
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Shimengmo Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
501, No.10, Lane 1 ,Hekan Cun, Wuhe Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (4)
magnetic rings Fin-Gears
Industrial design No. 41286 · Industrial Designs Registered in Ukraine / Ukrpatent Bulletin · disclosed 2020-03-25
anti-stress toy magnetic ring
DM/207185 · International Designs Bulletin No. 17/2020 · disclosed 2020-04-24
video showing the applicant's magnetic rings products
www.instagram.com · Instagram · disclosed 2019-11-08
"FinGears Magnetic Rings preview" video showing magnetic rings
www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2019-11-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on a Ukrainian design patent, its corresponding international design, and earlier online disclosures of Fin-Gears magnetic rings.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the applicant's disclosure evidence and design comparison unanswered.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the Ukrainian and international design records and the Instagram and YouTube disclosures, then compared the contested design with the earlier black-and-orange three-ring design shown online.
- ›It found that the contested design differed only in colour, which did not change the overall impression on the informed user, so the RCD lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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