Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-04
000115786
Contested design: 008238281-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008238281-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
PTM Guard, SIAvia PDF extraction
LV
Kārļa Ulmaņa gatve 2A, 1004 Rīga, Latvia
Represented by
Olga Vahatova
Holder · RCD owner
Ningbo Yinzhou Harbour Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 16, Panlong Road, Wuxiang Town, Yinzhou District, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo City, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (8)
RCD 001584731-0001
RCD 001584731-0002
Acupressure Mat, Field of Flowers with Travel Bag and Neck Pillow for Neck Pain
ASIN B07YSKSVKW · www.amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-02-18
RCD 006781761-0001
RCD 008039606-0001
RCD 005242559-0001
RCD 001552605-0003
earlier design work allegedly protected under the Copyright Law of the Republic of Latvia
RCD 005242559-0001 · Copyright Law of the Republic of Latvia · disclosed 2018-04-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier designs D1 to D7 and also invoked copyright-based unauthorized use via D8.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Amazon evidence sufficient to show D3 was disclosed before the filing date and treated internet retail evidence as probative prior art.
- ›Comparing D3 with the contested acupressure mat, the Division found the shared shape, layout, and flower-like spiked elements outweighed minor differences in thickness and edging.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6, so the contested design was declared invalid without examining the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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