Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-11
000120259
Contested design: 008782551-0001
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 0087825510001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Prior art cited (1)
facial massager
International design registration No DM216988 · WIPO certificate and EUIPO grant of protection certificate for the EU · disclosed 2021-11-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested facial massager allegedly copied earlier international design registration DM216988 and therefore lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The applicant filed WIPO and EUIPO protection certificates as disclosure evidence; the holder filed no observations in response.
- ›The Division accepted prior disclosure, found broad designer freedom for facial massagers, and held that the designs created the same overall impression apart from a minor handle detail.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), the design was declared invalid, and costs were 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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