Invalidity · first instance · 2021-08-27
000115508
Contested design: 007031612-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0070316120001 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
LastSwab ApSvia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Toldbodgade 13, 1253 København K, Denmark
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tong De Limitedvia PDF extraction
VG
Palm Grove House, P. O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands (British)
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
turquoise 'Basic Swab' reusable cosmetic cotton swab design
Facebook · disclosed 2019-03-22
pink 'Beauty Swab' reusable cosmetic cotton swab design
Facebook · disclosed 2019-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the RCD lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier unregistered D1 and D2 swab designs disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›Applicant also invoked Article 25(1)(a) and Article 25(1)(f), while the holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division rejected the Article 3(a) challenge, finding the registered sticks could be regarded as a unitary set of cosmetic cotton sticks.
- ›It found D1 and D2 validly disclosed under Article 7 and held the contested design produced the same overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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