Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-15
000121427
Contested design: 008456099-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the holder is ordered to bear costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 008456099-0001 is rejected. 2. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fu Yongpingvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Pengtian Township, Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jinhua Baiwei Plastic Products Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No. 55, Xiangyang Road, Xinmei Village, Yuandong Township, Jindong District, Zhejiang Province, Jinhua City 321000, China
Represented by
Joanna Dargiewicz
Prior art cited (1)
recreational flotation device
Canadian Design No 163572 · DesignView / Canadian Intellectual Property Office · disclosed 2016-02-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on Canadian Design No 163572 for a recreational flotation device.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division held the DesignView extract and enlarged images did not establish a solid, objective prior disclosure date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because disclosure of the prior design was not proven, the Article 25(1)(b) challenge failed and the invalidity application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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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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