Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-24
000119598
Contested design: 008793343-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008793343-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Boarding Ringvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
661 Chemin de Chateauvallon, 83190 Ollioules, France
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Chengyimei Cross-border E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1101, Building 10, Row 1, Heshuikou New Village,Heshuikou Community, Matian St., Guangming Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong 518106 China
Prior art cited (3)
glasses
RCD No 006233508-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-02-14
images of other glasses sold by the applicant
applicant's images of glasses sold from 2015
Citroen promotional video showing the applicant's goggles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjb0VQPahIg · YouTube · disclosed 2018-07-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 006233508-0001 and also invoked prior design-right, earlier-sign, and copyright grounds based on other glasses evidence and a 2018 video.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, leaving the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted publication of RCD No 006233508-0001 as prior disclosure, found broad designer freedom for glasses, and held the shared four-lens shape and colour arrangement dominated the minor bridge and shade differences.
- ›It concluded the contested design produced the same overall impression, lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 CDR, and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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