Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-18
000124698
Contested design: 007437272-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0074372720001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Marketing Systems International, spol. s r.o.via PDF extraction
Czechia (CZ)
Masarykova 118, 664 42 Modřice U Brna, Czech Republic
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Relkon Hellas S.A.via PDF extraction
GR
Vouliagmenis Avenue 512 & Mauromichali, 17456 Alimos, Greece
Prior art cited (1)
water game shown in the quotation from the Chinese supplier
quotation dated 06/03/2018 · Shantou Ursweet Foods Co., Ltd. · disclosed 2018-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over an earlier water-game design disclosed in a 6 March 2018 supplier quotation, and also invoked a technical-function objection.
- ›The holder disputed the quotation's reliability and public disclosure, argued designer freedom was limited because water games mirror smartphones, and maintained the designs created a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted Annex TW3, supported by the supplier's 2024 statement, as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found broad designer freedom for water toys.
- ›It held the similarities outweighed the minor differences, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid, without needing to rule on Article 8(1).
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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