Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-27
000114489
Contested design: 008043228-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0080432280001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
IWUC Sp. z O.O.via PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul Kłobucka 8B, lok. 28, 02-699 Warszawa, Poland
Represented by
Tomasz Marcin Kos
Holder · RCD owner
Hangzhou XiangHui International Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 612, No. 100, Changhe Road, Changehe street Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
socks (packagings for -), socks (set of -) / Pizza Socks Box
RCD No 0045069470001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-01-15
'RAINBOWSOCKS' mobile-app screenshots claimed to show applicant's Instagram posts for Pizza Socks
claimed Instagram account 'RAINBOWSOCKS'
'SOCKS PLACE' mobile-app screenshots claimed to show applicant's Facebook posts for Pizza Socks
claimed Facebook account 'SOCKS PLACE'
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested Pizza Socks design lacked novelty and conflicted with its earlier Pizza Socks Box disclosures and RCD No 0045069470001.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable because the earlier RCD had been published before the contested filing date and was no longer owned by the applicant.
- ›The mobile-app screenshots did not prove disclosure under Article 7, and the earlier registered design was not identical to the contested design in more than immaterial details.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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