Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-23
000111942
Contested design: 007768239-0001
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 007768239-0001 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
Li Zhenzhongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No 36 Songbei Group, Songtong Administrative Village, Songtong Town, Lieshan District, Huaibei City,Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xiaoju Li
China (CN)
No 59 Mashan Bureau Village, Liujiahui Town, Linxian, Shanxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
sunglasses
amazon.com
Fashion Fire Flame Sunglasses
ASIN B07W51VK3C · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-08-05
sunglasses
amazon.com
sunglasses
amazon.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on four earlier sunglasses designs disclosed on Amazon before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the applicant's evidence or arguments.
- ›The Division found Annex B reliably proved prior disclosure of D2 on Amazon.co.uk from 2019-08-05 and accepted internet evidence as sufficient under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division held the contested flame-shaped sunglasses design identical to D2, so the RCD lacked novelty and was declared invalid.
- ›The application was upheld in full and the holder was ordered to bear the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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