Invalidity · first instance · 2020-01-08
000106999
Contested design: 003530757-0001
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 003530757-0001 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
Greg Sach
Germany (DE)
Ubostrasse 34H, 81245 Munich, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Homepower Industrial Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 518, Litong building Jiudu Road 349, Songjiang District,Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Motion Activated LED Toilet Nightlight / toilet lamp
Amazon ASIN B01HGGOTZM · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-06-22
Voion auto motion sensor toilet night light
Amazon ASIN B01FIF6DUC · Amazon.com · disclosed 2016-05-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toilet-light design lacked novelty because identical designs had been disclosed online before the claimed priority date.
- ›It relied on Amazon UK and Amazon.com listings, plus Alibaba email and portal confirmations, to show prior public availability of the earlier toilet-light product.
- ›The holder filed no observations, facts, or evidence in reply and did not rebut disclosure of prior design D1.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon UK listing for D1 as reliable disclosure under Article 7(1) and found all visible features of the contested RCD present in D1.
- ›It held the contested RCD not novel under Article 5, upheld the invalidity application, declared the RCD invalid, and ordered the holder to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberBirgit CESSY FILTENBORG
Decision files
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