Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-27
000124175
Contested design: 015001695-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015001695-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Amazing Brands IV UG (haftungsbeschränkt)via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Im Mediapark 5, D-50670 Cologne Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yixiang e-commerce Co., Ltd
China (CN)
406, building B, getailong complex building, No. 227 Bulong Road, Ma'antang community, Bantian street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
bathroom shelves [except furniture]
RCD No 009182165-0005 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-10-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier RCD No 009182165-0005 for bathroom shelves.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division treated publication of the earlier RCD in the Community Designs Bulletin before the filing date as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom, the similarities dominated the minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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