Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-17
000126928
Contested design: 015052792-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015052792-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Fujian Feelbaby Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
(Next to Wenzhou Avenue) Shuangyue Project Area, Fuding Industrial Park, Ningde City, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Andrea Albert Catala
Holder · RCD owner
Jiujiang Storm E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
9-A279, Cross-Border Electronics Industrial Park, No. 9 Shunyi Road, Economic Development Zone, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for the item 'Scivolo per Bambini' multi-functional playset
ASIN B0C2CMZMLV · Amazon Italy (www.amazon.it) · disclosed 2023-04-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy playset lacked novelty and individual character because an identical design had already been offered for sale on Amazon Italy before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but submitted no observations.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing proved disclosure on 13/04/2023 and treated the earlier internet disclosure as prior art under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Despite minor differences in module order, colours, and a basketball hoop detail, the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character under Article 25(1)(b) and Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberThorsten ICKENROTH
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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