Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-20
000125399
Contested design: 008486682-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0084866820001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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Denmark (DK)
havelodden 2, 4000 Roskilde Denmark
Holder · RCD owner
William Huang
China (CN)
1004, No 2, Bldg 50, Lian Tai Xiang Yu Bing Jiang Garden, Hong Gu Tang District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province 330008 China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Jigsaw puzzle table
UK design registration No 6 073 266 · UK Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-10-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier UK registered design for a jigsaw puzzle table.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the UK design had been validly disclosed before the filing date through publication by the UK office and could be relied on under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the registered views, the Division held the folding tables were materially identical in essential features, so the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 350 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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