Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-02
000105319
Contested design: 004663508-0001
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 004663508-0001 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 Tubino Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.3210, Block A, Metropolis Building, Shenhui Road, Buji Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yajuan Li
China (CN)
F3, Bldg. A2, Haocheng Ind. Park, Fuyuan 1st Rd., Fuyong St., BaoAn Dist., Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
Drawstring Makeup Bag (cosmetic bag) by ONEGenug
ASIN B0777GH47H · Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-11-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested storage-bag design lacked novelty because an identical drawstring cosmetic bag had been publicly offered on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de printouts for ONEGenug's Drawstring Makeup Bag under ASIN B0777GH47H dated November 2017.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's disclosure evidence or substantive novelty challenge.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 and found the only differences were immaterial text elements.
- ›Because the prior design made the contested RCD identical within Article 5, the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| 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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