Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-20
000119578
Contested design: 006387577-0001
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 0063875770001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xinshi Zhouvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1504, Unit B, Building 1, Lvhaimingju, Xixiang Road, Baoan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Represented by
Maria Iakovou Ioannidou
Holder · RCD owner
Linyi Haiyi Network Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1204-053, No. 100, Lingong Road, Linyi City, Shandong, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (1)
VICILEY 3D Faux Mink lashes 24P-4 false eyelashes
https://biz.alibaba.com · Alibaba online retail platform · disclosed 2018-12-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over the earlier VICILEY 3D Faux Mink lashes 24P-4 disclosed on Alibaba before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Alibaba order evidence as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) and found both eyelash designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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