Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-04
000110541
Contested design: 004039493-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0040394930001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mpow Technology Co., Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
RM 603, 6/F Hang Pont Comm Bldg, 31 Tonkin St Cheung Sha Wan Kln, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Telebrands Corp.
United States (US)
79 Two Bridges Road, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004 United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cleaning brush
Community design No 003854645-0001 · Community Bulletin
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Community design No 003854645-0001.
- ›Holder argued the prior design was under separate invalidity attack and that visible differences, especially the metallic bar, preserved novelty and individual character.
- ›The Division held publication of the earlier design was a valid disclosure and found broad design freedom for cleaning brushes.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division found the metallic bar difference insufficient and declared the contested design invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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