Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-04
000117753
Contested design: 006948618-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 006948618-0005 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
Inter Group Spółka Cywilna Dawid Skiba & Eliza Trzmielvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. ks. Czesława Klimasa 41c lok. 11, 50-515 Wrocław, Poland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xinglong Mo
China (CN)
No. 511 Hegong Group, Hengping Village, Zhangshu Town, Hengyang County, Hengyang, Hunan, China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
nail polisher and nail files
RCD No 006443107-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-05-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity based on earlier RCD No 006443107-0001, alleging lack of novelty, lack of individual character, and conflict with an earlier design right.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD but found the contested design created a different overall impression because of its proportions, colours, and surface structure.
- ›The Article 25(1)(d) claim also failed because the earlier design was disclosed before, not after, the contested design's filing date; the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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