Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-03
000121439
Contested design: 009048945-0004
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 009048945-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Androni Giocattoli S.R.L.via PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Stazione, 110, 28040 Varallo Pombia (NO), Italy
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Bangduola Electronic Technology Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 501, No. 15, No. 13-24, Back Street, Wansheng Department Store, Xiangjiaotang Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
catalog disclosure of toy watering cans and buckets relied on as the prior design set
Simba Collection 2019; items No 10 710 1668 12/120 and No 10 710 3715 12/48 · Simba Collection 2019 catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested toy set lacked individual character over earlier bucket and watering-can designs disclosed in the 2019 Simba catalogue.
- ›The holder, although invited, filed no observations and did not dispute the alleged prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure via the dated catalogue, treated the earlier bucket and watering can together given the nature of the contested set, and found broad designer freedom.
- ›Despite some detail and colour differences, the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(b) was established.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| 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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