Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-12
000119701
Contested design: 008764963-0008
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear 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 0087649630008 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
Lian Chenvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de la Marga, s/n Pol. Ind. Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 45224 Seseña Nuevo (Toledo), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guohua He
China (CN)
Unit 5, Building 3, Rattle Garden, Ersanli Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
blister packages
RCD No 0063436380007 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-04-10
blister packages
RCD No 0063436380003 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-04-10
blister packages
RCD No 0045227870008 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested packaging design lacked individual character over earlier RCDs D1 to D3 because the shared red, blue, black, and white presentation created the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D3 through their publication in the Community Designs Bulletin and assessed the informed user and designer freedom in the packaging sector.
- ›The Division found the differences in contours and decorative patterns prominent enough to produce a different overall impression, so the contested design retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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