Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-10
000116606
Contested design: 006387148-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 006387148-0001 is declared invalid; 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 006387148-0001. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Tinnus Enterprises, LLCvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
3429 18th Street, Plano, Texas, Estados Unidos de América
Holder · RCD owner
Weijun CUIvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.32, Yuzhong, Yuzhong Village, Shuitun Town, Yicheng Country, Zhumadian, Henan, República Popular de China
Prior art cited (4)
Bunch O Balloons shown in all colour variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9KAh-_paW8 · YouTube · disclosed 2016-09-27
Multicolour Bunch O Balloons version shown in video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2RziwhjZGY · YouTube · disclosed 2016-06-29
Patent cited for the Bunch O Balloons product
EP 3 431 010 · European patent
Earlier Bunch O Balloons design cited under Article 25(1)(d)
DMC 001431829-0007 · EUIPO Register · disclosed 2015-05-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity, alleging earlier Bunch O Balloons disclosures, lack of novelty and individual character, technical-function exclusivity, and conflict with its earlier rights.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the bad-faith/title complaints inadmissible, rejected Article 25(1)(d), and held the colour arrangement prevented total exclusion under Article 8(1).
- ›It accepted the YouTube disclosure as prior art and found no different 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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