Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-25
000107379
Contested design: 004975019-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 004975019-0001 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
Zeng Wei Liu
China (CN)
Zhuyu Village, Shifan Town, Yueqing City, Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325608, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yongsheng Ma
China (CN)
No 10, Building 7, No 10 Courtyard, Bosong Road, Jinshui District, Zhengzhou City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Indoor Fairy Lights with 100 Warm White LEDs on 8m of Clear Cable by Lights4fun
ASIN B001EA8R8M · Amazon.co.uk via Internet Archive · disclosed 2008-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant alleged lack of novelty and individual character over an Amazon-listed fairy-light design available since 14/08/2008, supported by Internet Archive captures and enlarged images.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the archived Amazon listing as proof of disclosure under Article 7 and compared the contested part-product with a corresponding portion of the earlier light strand.
- ›Minor wiring differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user; the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid, with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| 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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