Invalidity · first instance · 2020-10-22
000110501
Contested design: 006509188-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 006509188-0001 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
Hairui HUvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.9 Hengxiang Road, Wufu Industrial Zone, Yiting Town, Shangyu District Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Junyang Gaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Section 5, Zhanjia Village, Maozhu Town, Qiyang County, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
box sold on Amazon.de under the name 'WIMI Explosion Box Mit Zubehor Scrapbook DIY Foto Album fur Geburtstag Jahrestag Valentine Hochzeit Geschenk'
ASIN B07QWC46NG · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-12-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier designs, including an Amazon.de disclosure of an explosion box.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest the applicant's evidence or the alleged prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de extract and customer-review evidence as solid proof that D1 was publicly disclosed before the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›Comparing the designs without added decorations, the Division found the same rectangular box, lid, and corner openings, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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