Invalidity · first instance · 2021-03-30
000114142
Contested design: 007297650-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder 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 007297650-0002 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
Wu Yongjinvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 88, 4 Team, Tianmagou Village, Jinjia Town, Shehong County Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Song Yin
China (CN)
No.124 Yinying, Yinying Village, Sangzhuang Town, Dengzhou City, He'nan Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Walker Active Paw Protection animal bootees offer
http://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0057G1HF4 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2011-06-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon-disclosed Walker Active Paw Protection design.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's disclosure and comparison arguments undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing and ASIN evidence as proving disclosure before the RCD filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the common visual features dominated the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and had to be invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberCarmen SÁNCHEZ PALOMARES
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberMichelle, Marie DELACHERIE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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