Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-04
000116126
Contested design: 008414429-0001
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 008414429-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mikalai Struneuskivia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit F, Winston Business Park Churchill Way #96869, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luoshan county qimingxinghui electric appliance sales co. LTD
China (CN)
Room 404, unit 1, building 1, xinshang road, baocheng west road, luoshan county, xinyang city, henan province 464000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
animal repellent device
RCD No 008260954-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-02-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR, arguing the contested animal repellent device conflicted with its earlier RCD No 008260954-0001 and created the same overall impression.
- ›The applicant said designer freedom was broad for ultrasonic animal repellent devices and filed retail-page examples; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the earlier RCD was protected before the contested filing date and published only afterward, satisfying Article 25(1)(d) CDR.
- ›The Division held the differences between the designs were minor and did not alter the overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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