Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-29
000119700
Contested design: 008535066-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008535066-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Lian Chenvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de la Marga, s/n Pol. Ind. Nuestra Señora del Rosario, 45224 Seseña Nuevo (Toledo), Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guohua He
China (CN)
Unit 5, Building 3, Rattle Garden, Ersanli Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
blister package
RCD No 0063436380001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-04-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, arguing the contested blister-package design reproduced the prior RCD's colours and essential appearance with only immaterial differences.
- ›The holder argued designer freedom was limited in this sector and the designs differed materially in proportions, hanging cut-out, and the placement, shape, and number of coloured elements.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the prior RCD through its bulletin publication and assessed individual character by comparing the contested single view with the relevant prior view.
- ›The Division found the visible differences in proportions, colour arrangement, and the prior design's top eyelet created a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was rejected and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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