Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-22
000110321
Contested design: 006618054-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid in full, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006618054-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhenshi Hongling Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1908B, Building 12, Site 2 of Huating, No. 6, Yinwei Road, Longgang Street, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yanbao Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Room 401, Mingjie Building, No. 52 Minsheng Avenue, Gongming St., Guangming New Dist., Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Itechnik HX6064 Black Brush Heads with Hygienic Travel Cap
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B06XN5GXSQ) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-03-08
Qleboa 16 Toothbrush Attachment
https://www.amazon.de (ASIN B07DRJQWRQ) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-06-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested toothbrush-head protective cap lacked novelty because identical caps had been sold on Amazon.de since 2017 and 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de evidence as prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) and used the 2017 Hygienic Travel Cap disclosure for the comparison.
- ›It found no differences beyond immaterial details, held the designs identical under Article 5(2), and declared the RCD invalid for lack of novelty.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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