Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-14
000110122
Contested design: 005845104-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must pay the applicant’s fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0058451040001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Qianxian Electronics Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 711-712, East Block, 7th Floor, Jinlong Building, Luogang, Buji Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Holder · RCD owner
Creek Danny, Vale Science & Technologyvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Friedrichstr. 123, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
USB cable offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B07K6VR4NV · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-11-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on a USB cable disclosed on Amazon.de under ASIN B07K6VR4NV before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holders argued the products differed in design, appearance, materials, user experience, and performance, so they were neither identical nor gave the same overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as proof of prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR and found the relevant prior design had been made available to the public on 2018-11-15.
- ›Comparing the visible features with broad designer freedom for USB cables, the Division held the differences were minor and the contested RCD lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holders were ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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