Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-31
000127516
Contested design: 008572812-0001
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 008572812-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Leifheit AGvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Leifheitstr., 56377 Nassau, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yuli Chen
China (CN)
No. 2, Lane 6, Yuejin Road, Chengxi Street, Gutian County, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cooking utensils and garlic presses
RCD No 001662735-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2010-02-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, and alternatively lack of individual character, over earlier RCD No 001662735-0001.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been validly disclosed through its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before the contested filing date.
- ›It held the designs identical in overall appearance and essential features, so the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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