Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-23
000115241
Contested design: 008440358-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicants 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 008440358-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicants bear the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Marius Vasilevia PDF extraction
Romania (RO)
Grivita street, No. 49, 910080 Calarasi, Calarasi County, Romania
Holder · RCD owner
ShuQin Luo
China (CN)
No. 36, Niangyutan, Caojiayan Village, Zhili Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province 313000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
swimwear
RCD No 008415178-0009 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants argued the contested swimwear design copied their earlier RCD and was effectively identical, differing only in being shown off-body rather than worn.
- ›Holder replied that the designs differed in shape, material, and overall appearance, so the invalidity application should be dismissed.
- ›The Division held Article 25(1)(d) CDR was the only invoked ground and the cited earlier RCD was published before, not after, the contested filing date.
- ›Because the relied-on design could not qualify under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, the application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicants.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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