Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-01
000124083
Contested design: 008919658-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 008919658-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Youer Technology Co. LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 612, Building A, Mingyou Purchasing Center, Baoyuan Road, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
spray bottle
RCD No 003142009-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2016-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found D1 was disclosed through publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before the contested filing date.
- ›Given at least average design freedom, the contested design created the same overall impression as D1 and lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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