Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-20
000119641
Contested design: 006387577-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected and the applicant must pay 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 0063875770002 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
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)
1204053, No. 100, Lingong Road, Linyi City, Shandong, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Prior art cited (6)
Chinese design patent for false eyelashes
CN 303184479 S · China design patent bulletin · disclosed 2015-04-22
Chinese design patent for false eyelashes, embodiment No 4 relied on
CN 303939956 S · China design patent bulletin · disclosed 2016-11-23
Chinese design patent for false eyelashes
CN 302962191 S · China design patent bulletin · disclosed 2014-10-08
Alibaba purchase order for VICILEY full strip lashes faux mink handmade magnetic false eyelashes
https://biz.alibaba.com · Alibaba · disclosed 2018-12-25
Alibaba purchase order for Faux mink 5 magnets eyelashes
https://biz.alibaba.com · Alibaba · disclosed 2019-01-22
Alibaba purchase order for VICILEY magnetic eyeliner faux mink fake eyelashes
https://biz.alibaba.com · Alibaba · disclosed 2019-04-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested false-eyelash design lacked novelty and individual character over Chinese design patents E1 to E3 and Alibaba disclosures E4 to E6.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application or the submitted evidence.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure for E1 to E3 and E6, rejected E4 and E5 as insufficiently precise, and found each accepted prior design created a different overall impression.
- ›Because neither individual character nor novelty was destroyed, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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