Invalidity · first instance · 2023-06-08
000120018
Contested design: 009162522-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009162522-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Feng Hongvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
103 New House Farm Drive, Northfield, Birmingham B31 2FW United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Pudatong Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd
China (CN)
B20, Rm.2319, No.316, Huanshi Middle Rd., Yuexiu Dist., Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
ELSA & ANNA Princess Costumes for Girls fancy dress
https://amazon.fr (ASIN B01 6NM FKE4) · Amazon.fr
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and, alternatively, individual character, relying on an Amazon listing and related invoices for a fancy dress disclosed before filing.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure, the evidential reliability of the invoices, or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the Amazon printout and invoices mutually corroborative, with the same product name, ASIN, and pre-filing transactions sufficient to prove disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Minor differences in cape presentation and colour shade did not alter the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design was invalidated and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
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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