Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-18
000125641
Contested design: 015036941-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 015036941-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 015036941-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Liangkun Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
n.º 46-2, Chencuo Weir, Qiancun Village, Mabi Town, Lianjiang County, Fujian Provincia, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aphro Leather Goods Incvia PDF extraction
United States (US)
30 N Gmold St Ste R, Sheridan, wy 82801 Estados Unidos
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.fr listing for a toiletry bag ("Grand poche de tocador marron, trousse de tocador pour homme...")
ASIN B0BR9V9V7T · Amazon.fr · disclosed 2022-12-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosure of a toiletry bag on Amazon.fr before 13 October 2023.
- ›The holder was invited to comment on the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.fr listing as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 and found the compared bags highly similar in shape, contours, proportions, zippers, and side handle.
- ›With at least medium designer freedom, minor material and color differences did not change the overall impression; the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCollin para manuel
- MemberRebecca Santana Davies
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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