Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-20
000116267
Contested design: 007465836-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 007465836-0005 is rejected. 2. 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
Weihang Xu
China (CN)
First Shop, A Building, New City Garden, No.9, Jianshe Road, Xinhua Street, Huadu District, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
alleged earlier backpack/bag model ('O. VILLAVI - Outdoor 301-6')
Refs. 301-6 / 306-1; invoices 21500140, 21500158, 21800062, 221000081 · L.C.C GmbH and CALIA GmbH invoices; Petra Stiewe affidavit; undated product picture
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested bag design lacked novelty because the same model had been sold and exhibited since at least 2008 before the 31 December 2019 filing date.
- ›Holder replied that the evidence did not reliably identify or date a single earlier design and, in any event, the compared products differed in colour, branding, shape and visible features.
- ›The Division found the invoices, affidavit and undated picture did not objectively prove effective prior disclosure of one clearly identified earlier design under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It added that even if disclosure had been proven, the front-view image of the alleged prior blue backpack did not show all features and did not establish identity with the contested design.
- ›The application was therefore rejected and the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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