Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-25
000123895
Contested design: 015024159-0003
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 015024159-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Air up group GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Friedenstraße 22 a, 81671 München, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Taizhou Kunhai Plastic Industry Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Chengjiang Slice, West Industrial Park, Chengjiang Street, Huangyan District, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Tomislava Furčić
Prior art cited (1)
Bottles (part of -)
Community design registration No 015021736-0005 · Office Bulletin · disclosed 2023-10-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity under Article 25(1)(d) CDR based on earlier RCD No 015021736-0005 and argued the contested design lacked a different overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the contested design's claimed Chinese priority invalid because the priority filing showed a full bottle, not the claimed cup accessory design.
- ›It held the earlier RCD was protected before the contested filing date and, despite later publication, 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 pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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