Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-14
000110141
Contested design: 005845104-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holders' costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0058451040002 is rejected. The applicant bears the holders’ costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Hongping Tanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 09, Renmin West Road 41, Kaiyun Town, Hengshan County, Hunan Province, Hengshan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Holder · RCD owner
Creek Dannyvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Vale Science & Technology, Friedrichstr. 123, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
USB cable offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B07CJ847YY · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-05-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier USB cable sold on Amazon.de under ASIN B07CJ847YY from 13/05/2018.
- ›The holders argued the products differed in appearance, materials, colours, performance, technology and structure, and that the prior design did not include a USB connector.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure date but found the evidence showed only part of the earlier cable, preventing a full overall-impression comparison with the contested RCD.
- ›Because essential features of the prior design were not sufficiently shown, neither lack of individual character nor lack of novelty was established, so the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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