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.
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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