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 Chen
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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