Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-11
000124256
Contested design: 015025511-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 015025511-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015025511-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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Poland (PL)
15/17, Michata Paca, 04361 Warsaw Poland
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Chunxiu LIU
China (CN)
No. 171, Xialiao Village, Meijiang Town, Ningdu County,, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province 341000 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
nicekool Children's art frame front opening picture frame
ASIN B0BYZNKYN9 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-03-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested photo frame design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical product had already been sold on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations on the invalidity application or the alleged prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing for product ASIN B0BYZNKYN9 as prior public disclosure and found broad designer freedom for photo frames.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found the same overall impression on the informed user and held the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b).
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- 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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