Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-01
000116446
Contested design: 003536317-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0035363170001 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chaline Liuvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Volmerswerther Str. 107, 41468 Neuss, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yuanzong An
China (CN)
7th Lane No. 3, Guilin Village, Zhelang Road, Honghaiwan District, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ochre purse
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant claimed the contested wallet design lacked novelty because the same model had been sold in Europe for years and exhibited at the Offenbach leather goods fair.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted only self-explanatory parts of the untranslated evidence and found the extract, invoices, and fair statement insufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The application was rejected because no earlier design disclosure was proven and, in any event, material differences meant the invoked purse was not identical to the contested design.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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