Invalidity · first instance · 2022-09-23
000118117
Contested design: 008187280-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008187280-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shu Uemura Cosmetics Inc.via PDF extraction
Japan (JP)
Shinjuku Park Tower Bldg. 15F 3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1015, Japan
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Mogu Cross-Border Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
301B-20, Bldg.A1-A2, Cuijing Ju, Baomin 2 Rd., Chentian Community, Xixiang Sub-dist., Bao'an Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
makeup brushes
Community design No 004061315-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-07-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier Community design No 004061315-0001 for makeup brushes.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier design was disclosed before the filing date and that the compared brushes were identical apart from, at most, immaterial shade differences.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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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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