Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-01
000125855
Contested design: 008884274-0001
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 0088842740001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
SellerX Germany GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Jägerstraße 41, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Mingruian Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 405, Building 11, No. 51, Lexin Road, Xinmu Community, Pinghu Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cushions
Community design registration No 84784730001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-03-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cushion design lacked novelty because a nearly identical earlier Community design had already been published before the filing date.
- ›To support invalidity, the applicant relied on Community design registration No 84784730001 for cushions, published on 31 March 2021.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the invalidity application was undefended.
- ›The Division found the prior design had been validly disclosed through the Community Designs Bulletin and that the designs were identical in shape, proportions, and honeycomb structure.
- ›Because the contested design was not new under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, the application was upheld, the design declared invalid, and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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