Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-15
000127595
Contested design: 015062597-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 015062597-0001 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
Kate Butlervia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Festival House, Jessop Avenue, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 3SH United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Beipengxing Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
304, Wandefu, No. 75, Industrial East Road, Xinniu Community, Minzhi Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen 518000 China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (4)
'Duo Pack of Solar Buddies' refillable bottles shown in an Amazon offer
https://www.amazon.co.uk ; ASIN B 07N GR6 4M5 · Amazon website · disclosed 2019-02-07
Image of the Solar Buddies bottle allegedly posted on the internet
disclosed 2015-02-06
Solar Buddies suntan lotion bottles shown in a YouTube video snapshot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bA8lIvvdM · YouTube · disclosed 2015-03-17
Solar Buddies suntan lotion bottles shown in a YouTube video snapshot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOObKGdmcc0 · YouTube
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested cosmetics-bottle design lacked novelty and individual character because similar Solar Buddies bottles had already been disclosed on Amazon and in internet and YouTube materials before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the invalidity application was undefended.
- ›The Division accepted Enclosure A's Amazon printout as sufficient proof of public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR, but rejected Enclosures A1 to A3 because they lacked complete source information in the evidence itself.
- ›Comparing the accepted prior design with the contested design, the Division found the flatter cylindrical base and different proportions changed the overall impression, so the Article 5 and 6 grounds failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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