Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-23
000119058
Contested design: 008699458-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0086994580001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Equipmotor Locomotion Direct SLvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
cami carrasquera, 2º, 46240 Carlet, Spain
Represented by
José Miguel Muñoz Orgaz
Holder · RCD owner
Nanjing maizhun import and export trade Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 224-5, North of building 19, No.2, Shangcheng Road, Yanjiang street, Jiangbei new area, Nanjing, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ANYKUU Motorcycle disc lock device
https://www.amazon.es; ASIN B08DJ6TZF1 · www.amazon.es · disclosed 2020-07-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested locking-device design lacked novelty and individual character because earlier near-identical designs had already been disclosed.
- ›Holder filed no substantive observations in time and did not seek re-establishment of rights after the Office mentioned that possibility.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon product page as prior internet disclosure and found the shared shape, lock placement, and three engraved lines dominated the overall impression.
- ›Because the color difference alone could not create a different overall impression, the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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