Invalidity · first instance · 2025-04-30
000127544
Contested design: 009027527-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009027527-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Greg Sachvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Ubostrasse 34H, 81245 Munich Germany
Represented by
Greg Robert Sach
Holder · RCD owner
Xiao Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 8, Lane 11, Dutou, Longnan village, Lianhua Town, Chenghai Dist,, Shantou City, Guangdong 515800 China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
Electronic learning toys, Educational toys
RCD No 008764955-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-12-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on earlier RCD 008764955-0001 marketed and advertised before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found earlier RCD 008764955-0001 had been validly disclosed through its publication in the Community Designs Bulletin before 16/05/2022.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found only immaterial differences and held the contested design lacked novelty, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| 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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