Invalidity · first instance · 2024-08-28
000125435
Contested design: 015031286-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 015031286-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015031286-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Canrui Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 602, No. 8 Xiangrong Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaohong Zhang
China (CN)
Room 301, Building 7, North District, No. 212 Yimeng Road, Lanshan District, Linyi City, Shandong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Montessori Spielzeug Busy toy
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0BZYCD52Q · Amazon.de · disclosed 2023-03-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an Amazon.de listing from 30 March 2023 for a Montessori busy-board toy.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not challenge disclosure, the applicant’s evidence, or the claimed similarities between the designs.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the online retail listing was a valid prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and assessed the informed user and high designer freedom for educational toys.
- ›It held the minor differences did not alter the same overall impression, so the prior design destroyed individual character and the contested design was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human 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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