Invalidity · first instance · 2019-07-31
000105640
Contested design: 004129641-0001
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 004129641-0001 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
Shenzhen Yongfengwang Technology Limited
China (CN)
Room 302, Fl. 3, Bldg. B, No. 154, Huating Rd., Langkou Comm., DaLang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Juozas Lapienis
Holder · RCD owner
Xigen Fu
China (CN)
No. 12, Fujia Village, Shijia Village Committee, Shuixi Town, Yushui District, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
'4 in 1 Apple Watch Stand' charging stand sold under the YoFeW mark
ASIN B0756BR4NM; http://www.amazon.co.uk · Amazon UK · disclosed 2017-05-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on its earlier charging-stand design disclosed before the RCD filing date.
- ›It cited an Amazon UK listing first available on 22/05/2017 and argued the same design had also been patented in China.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut disclosure or the applicant's comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient for disclosure, rejected novelty because some unseen parts of the prior design were missing, but held the overall impression was the same and invalidated the RCD for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
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