Invalidity · first instance · 2022-02-08
000116575
Contested design: 005826500-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005826500-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vadym Yulishvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Pestalozzistr. 124, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Yi Chang Lanqier Garment Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Dongshi Industrial Park, Zhijiang City, Hubei Province 443214, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
TOMNI pram clip
Facebook · disclosed 2013-09-03
TOMNI pram clip
Facebook · disclosed 2015-01-14
TOMNI pram clip
Facebook · disclosed 2017-05-11
TOMNI pram clip
Facebook · disclosed 2017-05-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on earlier online disclosures of the TOMNI pram clip design, especially Facebook posts from 2013 to 2017, and argued that the contested clip lacked novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Facebook posts as prior disclosure and found the compared clip designs identical, with only immaterial differences if any.
- ›The application was upheld on novelty grounds, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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