Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-23
000122934
Contested design: 009193949-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 009193949-0001 is declared invalid; the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
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 009193949-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Marshall Amplification PLCvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Denbigh Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK1 1DQ, Reino Unido
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jianghua Xiao
China (CN)
n.º 110-1, Tangxing Road, Distrito de Nanshan, ciudad de Shenzhen, provincia de Guangdong, República Popular de China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (2)
Instagram screenshot showing the applicant's “Jack Rack” key holder design
Instagram · disclosed 2016-11-15
Instagram screenshot showing the applicant's “JCM800 Jack Rack II” key holder design
Instagram · disclosed 2018-08-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Instagram disclosures of its Jack Rack key-holder designs.
- ›It also invoked unauthorized use of the Marshall sign under Article 25(1)(e), based on earlier trademark rights covering key-related goods.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the 1 August 2018 Instagram disclosure available to the public and held the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier design.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberALVARO Sesma MERINO
Decision files
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