Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-15
000122696
Contested design: 015001255-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 015001255-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fei Songvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 1, Floor 6, Unit 2, Building 14, South, No. 105, Cuihua Road, Yanta District, Xi'an City Shaanxi Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaotao Zhengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 122, Housan Street, Guangxiang Road, Nanli, Xiashan Street, Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
white loose powder box / cosmetic box shown in an online sales offer
https://detail.1688.com · 1688.com (Alibaba Group) · disclosed 2019-07-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cosmetic box lacked novelty and individual character because an identical box had been offered online before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed internet disclosure, argued the Chinese website would not normally become known to EU trade circles, and claimed minor design differences mattered in a crowded sector.
- ›The Division found the 1688.com printout and pre-filing user reviews sufficient to prove disclosure, and held the holder had not rebutted accessibility to specialised EU circles.
- ›Given broad designer freedom and the very similar overall form of the boxes, the contested design created the same overall impression as D1 and was invalidated; costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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