Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-12
000119724
Contested design: 008764963-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0087649630002 is rejected. 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 (5)
blister package
RCD No 0063436380010 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-04-10
blister package
RCD No 0045227870052 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-22
blister package
RCD No 0063436380002 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-04-10
blister package
RCD No 0045227870094 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-22
blister package
RCD No 0045227870083 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-02-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on five earlier RCDs for blister packaging and arguing the contested packaging reused the same color scheme and overall appearance.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of all five earlier RCDs through their publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The Division found the contested design differed in shape, contours, attached box, and decorative elements, so the shared eyelet, rectangular format, and colors did not create the same overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design retained individual character over all invoked prior designs.
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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