Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-19
000123516
Contested design: 015028467-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015028467-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yigen Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Yanyi village, Xianyan street, Ouhai district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Yami Zhongchuang (wenzhou) Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 404, Building 1, Yuele Mingyuan, Yuele West Street, Wutian Street, Ouhai district, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325000, China
Prior art cited (1)
handcuffs and keys
Community design registration No 015027768-0001 · Office Bulletin · disclosed 2023-07-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR based on an earlier RCD filed before, but published after, the contested design filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD was protected before the contested filing date and that both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld; the contested design was declared invalid and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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