Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-07
000126496
Contested design: 015016667-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against RCD No 015016667-0001 is rejected.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015016667-0001 is rejected.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Brabantia Nederland B.V.via PDF extraction
Netherlands (NL)
Leenderweg 182, 5555 CJ Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Jiangmen Xinhui Zhenghua Ironware Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Jiangbokeng, Xiaoze Village, Daze Town, Xinhui District, Jiangmen, Guangdong 529100, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
garbage can / waste bin
Community design registration No 005802055-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2018-10-30
applicant's garbage can design shown on archived Brabantia website
https://www.brabantia.com/nl/ · Wayback Machine / brabantia.com · disclosed 2020-10-27
applicant's garbage can design shown on archived Brabantia website
https://www.brabantia.com/nl/ · Wayback Machine / brabantia.com · disclosed 2020-08-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant alleged the contested garbage-can design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier RCD D1 and earlier marketed designs D2 and D3, and also invoked Article 25(1)(d).
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted disclosure of D1 and archived website designs D2 and D3, but found Enclosures 1 to 3 insufficient to prove disclosure of any identified prior design.
- ›It found the contested design differed noticeably from D1, D2 and D3 in proportions, legs, lid integration, handle placement and other visible features, so it produced a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design was new and had individual character, and Article 25(1)(d) did not apply to earlier designs already disclosed before the contested priority date.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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