Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-24
000115101
Contested design: 006751616-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay 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 0067516160001 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
Luminal Agency S.r.l.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Cappuccini 16, 20122, Milano, Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Changwei Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1301, Building B, Olive Oasis Home, No. 5, Jingtian East Road, Futian Distirct, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (2)
watch
0053063880001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-06-21
watch shown in a screenshot from the applicant's Facebook account
Facebook · disclosed 2018-04-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, and for conflict with an earlier design right, relying on earlier RCD No 0053063880001 and marketing disclosures of similar watches.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable because the earlier RCD had been published before the contested design’s filing date.
- ›It accepted disclosure of D1 and a Facebook-post design, but found visible differences in bezel, base, lugs, and crown that produced a different overall impression.
- ›The contested design retained individual character and novelty, so the application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay EUR 400 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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