Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-05
000108164
Contested design: 006575338-0001
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 0065753380001 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
Qiqing Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 38, Desheng Road, Gejia Industry Park, Wendeng District Weihai, Shandong Province, The People's Republic of China
Represented by
David Evans
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Yunhui Trading Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 601, No. 656 Guilin Road, Xuhui Dist., Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
inflatable gym mats offered for sale on Amazon
Amazon sales platform · disclosed 2018-10-13
inflatable mattress design
RCD No 0059400870001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2019-01-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Amazon disclosures from 13 October 2018 and earlier RCD No 0059400870001.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of the earlier RCD as sufficient disclosure and found the compared mattresses created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 CDR; the other invoked grounds were not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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