Invalidity · first instance · 2019-10-31
000107639
Contested design: 005324704-0002
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 005324704-0002 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
DXRacer Germany GmbH
Germany (DE)
Maßbrucher Weg 25, Lemgo, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Peng Wu
China (CN)
Room A409, No 1951, Duhui Road, Minhang District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
gaming armchair design disclosed on the applicant's Facebook page and DXRacer website
DXRacer Germany Facebook page and DXRacer.com (Internet Archive Wayback Machine) · disclosed 2016-06-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier disclosures of the same gaming armchair on its Facebook page and website.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not challenge the claimed disclosures or the applicant's comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division found the Facebook and Wayback Machine screenshots sufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and the strong similarity in structure and decorative lines, the contested design created the same overall impression as the earlier design.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberKelly BENNETT
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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