Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-09
000127255
Contested design: 015042794-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015042794-0006 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jingyan Shenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Lingzhi Zaoxia Village, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Aosom e-Commerce INC.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
6-9F, Middle Tower of MH Mansion, No. 288 Xilu Road, Zhuangshi Street, Zhenhai District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Rocking Chair Cream Fabric vidaXL
https://manomano.fr (model ID 43411811) · manomano.fr · disclosed 2021-12-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested rocking chair lacked individual character and copied an earlier rocking chair disclosed on manomano.fr by 17 December 2021.
- ›Applicant said designer freedom was broad apart from functional curved rockers, so small differences could not change the overall impression.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not challenge disclosure or the merits of the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the web disclosure, found the designs shared the same overall shape, pattern, and material combination, and treated the differences as minor details.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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