Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-06
000107719
Contested design: 005310646-0001
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 005310646-0001 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
Idel Versandhandel GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Sergio-de-Simone-Stieg 8, 22457 Hamburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
GuangZhen Feng
China (CN)
No.121, Group 3, Wufeng Village, Xiandu Town, Liang County, Sichuan, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
hook and loop fastening tape wrapped around a black cylindrical tube
ASIN B073RHGJTV · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-07-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity of the contested fastening-tape design, arguing earlier designs disclosed before 14/06/2018 destroyed novelty and individual character.
- ›Applicant relied, inter alia, on Amazon.de screenshots for ASIN B073RHGJTV showing a first listing date of 09/07/2017.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure under Article 7 CDR and found the only visual difference, the number of wraps, to be immaterial.
- ›The application was upheld; the RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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