Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-21
000126216
Contested design: 015048833-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015048833-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guilin Dashen Plastics Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 18, Lushan Road, Lingui Town, Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi 541100 China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Guanze Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 205, Unit 3, Building 40, Pingchou 2nd District, Jiangdong Street, Yiwu, Zhejiang 322000, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Prior art cited (5)
prior registered wheel-cover design
Community design No 015035472-0007 · EUIPO registration publication · disclosed 2023-10-02
Amazon extract showing an unregistered wheel-cover design
Amazon · disclosed 2023-12-28
Amazon extract showing an unregistered wheel-cover design
Amazon · disclosed 2024-01-07
Amazon extract showing an unregistered wheel-cover design
Amazon · disclosed 2023-12-26
Amazon extract showing an unregistered wheel-cover design
Amazon · disclosed 2023-12-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on Article 25(1)(d) CDR based on its earlier RCD No 015035472-0007 and also alleged lack of novelty and individual character over four Amazon-disclosed designs.
- ›The applicant argued the designs shared the same cylindrical shape, branch-like tread pattern, prominent grooves, uniform groove dimensions, edge detailing, and functional purpose.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found Article 25(1)(d) CDR inapplicable because the earlier RCD had already been published before the contested design's filing date, and the Amazon evidence did not prove reliable disclosure dates or URLs for the alleged prior designs.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected in full, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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