Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-17
000120778
Contested design: 007735758-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 007735758-0004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
GA.MA S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Sant'Alberto 1714, 40018 San Pietro in Casale (BO), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Huanengda Electrical Appliances Co., LTD.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
West of Dongsanzhi Road, Airport Economic Zone, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province, China
Prior art cited (2)
IQ Perfetto hair dryer
DM/103 462 · International Designs Bulletin No 44/2018
IQ Perfetto hair dryer shown in Facebook posts and YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK3bJjTmBR0&t=22s · Facebook and YouTube · disclosed 2019-03-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on its earlier IQ Perfetto hair dryer disclosed through an international design registration and online posts.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of both prior designs D1 and D2 and found only limited constraints on hair-dryer design, but identified visible structural and positional differences from the contested design.
- ›Because those differences produced a different overall impression on the informed user, the contested design retained individual character and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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