Invalidity · first instance · 2026-03-11
000131324
Contested design: 015113801-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and registered EU design No 015113801-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
La demande en nullité a été confirmée. Le dessin ou modèle de l’UE enregistré no 015113801-0001 est déclaré nul.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €320
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Commerce AVEC LA CHINE SARLvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Holder · RCD owner
Chanson Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jingmen, Hubei, Chine
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
socks
EU design No 15014964-0001 · EU Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2023-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued an earlier registered EU design for socks had already been disclosed and was identical to the contested design in overall shape, structure, visual features and colours.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the application but did not file observations.
- ›The Division accepted publication of EU design No 15014964-0001 in the EU Designs Bulletin on 22/03/2023 and found the compared sock designs identical except for immaterial tonal variation.
- ›Application upheld because the contested design lacked novelty over the earlier registered EU design.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIEN’S
- MemberDimitrios Andrianopoulos
- MemberRebecca DAVIES SANTANA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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