Invalidity · first instance · 2018-08-07
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Contested design: 003466671-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0034666710001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Burkhard Weiss
Austria (AT)
Kellerberggasse 5/B5, 1230 Wien, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Weidu Xie
China (CN)
18E, Bldg. 8, Mingzhu Court, Longzhu Garden, Shenhui Rd., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
CCTV Camera 3G GPRS GSM
ASIN B01N046B25 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-11-12
52 Degree Game Camera Photo Case
ASIN B01IFG7LUC · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-07-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Amazon-disclosed trail camera designs predating the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts for D1 and D2 as valid prior disclosures under Article 7 CDR but found the contested design was not identical to them for novelty purposes.
- ›The Division held that the shared body structure and decoration dominated the overall impression, the differences were insignificant, and the contested RCD lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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