Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-16
000113122
Contested design: 007337191-0004
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 0073371910004 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
Shenzhen Debaisite Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
101, No 31, Lane 3, Xiasha Village, Shatou Street, Futian District, Shenzhen City, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Jian Yu
China (CN)
No. 1 Linghai Road, Ganjingzi District, 116026 Dalian City, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Manuel De Arpe Tejero
Prior art cited (1)
Longruner wooden owl puzzle from a set of six animal puzzles
ASIN B07XB74ZKX · amazon.es · disclosed 2019-09-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an owl puzzle disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as proof of prior disclosure and found the earlier owl puzzle identical in shape, colours and decoration.
- ›The extra baseboard-interior view did not change the overall impression, so the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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