Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-22
000117872
Contested design: 008795769-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0087957690001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Louis Vuitton Malletiervia PDF extraction
France (FR)
2 rue du Pont-Neuf, 75001 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanxi Youcheng Trading Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 2404, Unit 2, Building 20, Guofenglangyue, Xiaodian District, Taiyuan, China
Represented by
Maria Iakovou Ioannidou
Prior art cited (1)
GAEL online article showing the earlier handbag design
https://www.gael.be/mode/a-peine-sorti-ce-it-bag-est-deja-en-rupture-de-stock-partout · GAEL online magazine · disclosed 2019-10-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested handbag design lacked novelty and individual character because its earlier bag design had already been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the 4 October 2019 GAEL web article as sufficient disclosure of the earlier design under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the bags, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user despite minor view and colour differences.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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