Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-24
000117674
Contested design: 007042114-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0070421140001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Brabantia Nederland B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Leenderweg 182, 5555 CJ Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Homfel Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm.1210, Building A3, Poly Tal To Wun, 290 Hanxi Avenue East, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511495, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
dustbin
RCD No 004422061-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2017-10-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 004422061-0001, supported by a 2018 price list showing marketed versions.
- ›Holder challenged the untranslated evidence, denied sufficient disclosure, argued differences in the pedal and lid, and claimed a saturated dustbin sector limited designer freedom.
- ›The Division accepted the evidence, found disclosure established by the earlier RCD's bulletin publication, and rejected the holder's sector-saturation evidence as insufficient.
- ›The shared rectangular bin, framed lid and elongated front pedal produced the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| 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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