Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-27
000122135
Contested design: 015010308-0001
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 015010308-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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France (FR)
7 Avenue de Madrid, 66270 Le Soler, France
Represented by
Melanie Vion
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Luru Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room D1008,10th Floor, Tiangong International Security Electronics Plaza, Minzhi Street, Longhua Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
wind chimes
RCD No 008446280-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-03-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying among other things on earlier RCD No 008446280-0001 for wind chimes.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of the earlier RCD through its 2 March 2021 bulletin publication before the contested design's priority date.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression despite minor differences in the bottom ornament and wood colour, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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