Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-08
000108020
Contested design: 005810140-0001
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 0058101400001 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
Serasar GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Pleistalstr. 228a, 53757 Sankt Augustin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hongde Xian
China (CN)
No. 7, 24 Street, Weizai Luoge Village Nanzhuang, Chancheng District, Guangdong, Foshan, the People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
'Halukakah' bracelet offered on Amazon.de
ASIN No B018TLUMPO · Amazon.de · disclosed 2015-12-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over the earlier Halukakah bracelet offered on Amazon.de under ASIN B018TLUMPO since 2 December 2015.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest the alleged prior disclosure or the design comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as solid evidence of prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because all clearly perceivable features of the contested design were present in the earlier design, the RCD lacked novelty under Article 5 CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| 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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