Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-25
000119959
Contested design: 008536239-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008536239-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Freddy S.p.A.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Corso Buenos Aires n. 20, 20124 Milano Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Royal Wolf Standard Denim Garment Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
first floor, NO 12, Huimei Huijing north road, Xingtang town, Zengcheng district, Guangzhou 510000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
trouser design 'WRUP2HF932'
MIX&MATCH LOOK BOOK F/W 2019, pages 84-85 · MIX&MATCH LOOK BOOK F/W 2019
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying inter alia on the 2019 MIX&MATCH LOOK BOOK F/W 2019 trouser design WRUP2HF932.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the 2019 catalogue as a disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and considered designer freedom for trousers to be at least average.
- ›Minor seam differences did not alter the overall impression; the application was upheld, the contested design invalidated, and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- 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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