Invalidity · first instance · 2026-06-02
000132086
Contested design: 003366921-0017
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected; the applicant bears the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered EU design No 003366921-0017 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder's costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Commerce Avec La Chine Sarlvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
Paris, France
Holder · RCD owner
Yanmin Chen
China (CN)
Shenzhen, China
Prior art cited (1)
Rhode Island Novelty aviator sunglasses
ASIN B002OXJ458, https://www.amazon.com · Amazon.com · disclosed 2009-08-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued lack of novelty: the contested sunglasses design (filed 06/09/2016) is identical to 'Rhode Island Novelty' aviator sunglasses disclosed on Amazon.com since 24/08/2009, differing only in the trade mark.
- ›Holder did not submit observations.
- ›The Division found that the designs differ in the colour of the frame, nose bridge and arms (golden in the prior design vs black in the contested design), a difference that is immediately perceptible and cannot be treated as immaterial under Article 5(2) EUDR; the single-view prior design also precluded full comparison of all features.
- ›Application rejected as unfounded; no representation costs awarded as the holder had no professional representative.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberGailé SAKALAITE-ORLOVSKIENE
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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