Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-29
000110986
Contested design: 005830155-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 005830155-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huang Xinyanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 62 Guanghua Group, Liuyuan Village, Qiligang Township, Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Holder · RCD owner
Cao Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.19, Group 1, Huodi Village, Jiangkou Town, Yunyang County, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
Copper Metal Pen Body pen
ASIN B0761M3CTJ · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2017-10-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier pen designs, relying in particular on Amazon disclosure D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application or the disclosure evidence.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as prior public disclosure but found the contested design not identical because of the additional ruler and slight shade difference.
- ›Despite those differences, the Division held they did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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