Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-19
000122194
Contested design: 006631974-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design No 006631974-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 006631974-0001. 3. Se condena al titular a que sufrague las costas del solicitante, que se fijan en 350 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
John McKitterickvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Valencia 300, 08009 Barcelona, España
Holder · RCD owner
José Rogelio Martínez Arcasvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C/ Maestro Cabañes Ballester 46,, 03430 Onil (Alicante) España
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Publication showing an earlier muscular human toy figure design, referenced in relation to the exhibition/auction “Billy Opens His Closet”.
Time Out New York No. 139 · Time Out New York · disclosed 1998-05-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and lack of individual character, relying on prior disclosure evidence including a Time Out New York publication from 21 May 1998.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed before the 18 July 2019 filing date and assessed individual character from the perspective of the informed user of adult toy dolls.
- ›It held that the contested design reproduced the prior design’s overall impression, with only minimal differences, so it lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 350 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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