Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-24
000122274
Contested design: 008845838-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 350.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008845838-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yuhao Wangvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de Alemania 14, 2, Izda, 50010, Zaragoza, Spain
Holder · RCD owner
All your base INC
United States (US)
30 N Gould St Ste 21499, Sheridan Wyoming 82801, United States
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
suction cups for attachment
RCD No 008793137-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-12-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the contested suction-cup design matched earlier RCD No 008793137-0001 and other prior designs.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted publication of RCD No 008793137-0001 in the Community Designs Bulletin as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the designs virtually identical, with only immaterial detail differences, so the contested design was not new under Article 5(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design invalidated in full, and costs fixed against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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