Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-19
000123355
Contested design: 008561021-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 008561021-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Turlen Holding SAvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Rue du Jura 11, 2345 Les Breuleux Switzerland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Gongjue Brand management (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
(self-edited Building 1) No. 106, Fengze East Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
watches
International design registration No 205 343 · International Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2020-04-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested wristwatch design copied the distinctive Richard Mille design language and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on earlier International design registration No 205 343; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier design had been validly disclosed before the filing date and that the designer enjoyed broad freedom for wristwatch designs.
- ›It held that the shared original features outweighed the differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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