Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-26
000120559
Contested design: 008834311-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008834311-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xinglei Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 503, No. 3, Minglian Chunxiao, Guisi Street, Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
Pujiang Yunzhou Trading Co., Ltd
China (CN)
6207-13, 7-1 Wanjia cross border e-commerce Industrial Park, East District of Bailin Jiangyi line, Puyang Street, Pujiang County, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
nail polishers
RCD No 008572366-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-06-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD No 008572366-0001 disclosed before the filing date.
- ›Holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the application was effectively undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the earlier RCD's bulletin publication as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given broad design freedom, the shared shape, proportions and element placement outweighed minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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