Invalidity · first instance · 2020-03-11
000107419
Contested design: 006578175-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder’s costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0065781750001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Von Heesen GmbH
Germany (DE)
Eversgerdweg 64, 33332 Gütersloh, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haiheng Lin
China (CN)
No.30, Zhonghua Road, Lihu Town, Puning, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
wallet offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B07JFXS153 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-11-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier wallet allegedly sold on Amazon.de under ASIN B07JFXS153 from 14 November 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the Amazon screenshots and enlarged images unreliable because they were partial, low-quality, and did not securely identify or fully depict the alleged earlier design.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR was not proven, the grounds under Articles 5 and 6 CDR failed and the application was rejected with costs against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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