Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-04
000115976
Contested design: 008572481-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 0085724810002 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0085724810002 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yang Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 302, Building A, Wenpu Garden, No.181 Haifu Road, Haicang District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province 361000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Weiqiang Wang
China (CN)
No.18, Xinglinzhuang Village, Kehu, Lin County, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
construction toy block
RCD No 008463848-0007 · EUIPO Community Designs Bulletin / eSearch · disclosed 2021-03-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the toy-block design was almost identical to earlier RCD No 008463848-0007 published on 18/03/2021.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure through EUIPO eSearch and found broad designer freedom for construction toys.
- ›The identical block shape, bubble pattern and interconnections dominated colour and assembly-view differences, so the contested design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberJessica N.LEWIS
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
Decision files
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| 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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