Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-13
000114441
Contested design: 007787700-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 007787700-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 007787700-0001. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Qing Livia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
82 Colwinstone Street Llandaff North, Cardiff CF14 2LE, Reino Unido
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Hongyu Trading Company
China (CN)
6ª Floor, n.º 12, Danchen 1st Road, Beiyuan Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, República Popular de China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Rose Bear teddy bear made of artificial roses with a black bow
ASIN B07YP7T142 · amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-10-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier teddy-bear rose arrangements offered on amazon.co.uk before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the contested design remained new and individually distinctive and that the applicants had not reliably proven prior online disclosure dates.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing with ASIN B07YP7T142 as a prior web disclosure from 3 October 2019 and found the online evidence sufficiently reliable.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom, the minor bow and flower-arrangement differences did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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