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
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Celine Aharoni Facialistevia PDF extraction
France (FR)
13 Rue Gustave Courbet, 75116 Paris, France
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xinjun Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Group Seven, Taihe Village, Baishui Town, Qiyang County, Yongzhou, Hunan, China
Represented by
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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