Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-03
000124438
Contested design: 005228327-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005228327-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Binzhou Nets Tribe Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Lizhuang Industrial Park, Binzhou, Shandong province, China
Represented by
Biliana Antranik Magardichian
Holder · RCD owner
Аутдор Плейvia PDF extraction
Bulgaria (BG)
ул.Александър Геров №15, 1618 София, Bulgaria
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Honeycomb Mesh Children's Playground
CN 204 121 680 U · Chinese patent database · disclosed 2015-01-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Chinese registration for a honeycomb-mesh children's playground.
- ›Holder argued the contested design was new and distinctive, pointing to differences in metal structure, geometric shape, and the number, size, and placement of the mesh elements.
- ›The Division accepted that the earlier Chinese document disclosed prior art under Article 7(1) CDR before the filing date of the contested design.
- ›Comparing the designs, the Division found clear differences in overall shape, suspension points, number of yo-yos, colours, and visible mesh features, creating a different overall impression.
- ›The application was rejected because the contested design retained individual character and novelty; the applicant was ordered to bear the holder's costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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