Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-12
000123141
Contested design: 015002025-0002
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 015002025-0002 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzen Aiwo Pet Supplies Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 301, Building 15, Longwangmiao Industrial Building, Baishixia village, FuYong St, BaoAn Dist, Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Holder · RCD owner
Haoyu Wang
Germany (DE)
Antonie-Boetzelen-Ring 141, 41179 Mönchengladbach, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
pet brush
2022 3 0062344 / CN 307341908 S · Chinese Intellectual Property Office database · disclosed 2022-05-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(b) CDR, arguing the contested pet brush design lacked novelty and individual character over its earlier Chinese design disclosure.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Chinese design as disclosed before the filing date and found the compared brushes produced the same overall impression despite minor differences in decoration, bristles, and colours.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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