Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-26
000122955
Contested design: 015017284-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 015017284-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015017284-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Israel Soriano Garciavia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle Chelin, 24, Poligono Atalayas, 03114 Alicante, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jun Yu
China (CN)
Linyang West Lake Village, Nanbin Street, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province 325207, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (3)
water color saucer for artists / drawing implements accessory
RCD No 15002261-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin / eSearch · disclosed 2022-11-08
water color saucer for artists / drawing implements accessory
RCD No 15002261-0002 · Community Designs Bulletin / eSearch · disclosed 2022-11-08
brush rinsing device shown in video stills
YouTube video 'Brush Rinser by Green Stuff World is valid for acrylic paints, watercolors, tempera and gouache' · YouTube · disclosed 2022-03-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCDs D1 and D2 and a YouTube-disclosed design D3, and also invoked prior-design and copyright grounds.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 to D3 but found the contested brush-rinsing device created a different overall impression, so novelty and individual character objections failed.
- ›The Division also found Article 25(1)(d) inapplicable and the copyright claims unsubstantiated, so the application was rejected in full with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
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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