Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-23
000111422
Contested design: 007367073-0003
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(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 007367073-0003 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Amazon EU S.à r.l.via PDF extraction
LU
38 avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Anji Funuo Furniture Co. Ltd
China (CN)
Building 2, Chengnan Community, Lingfeng Subdistrict Anji County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province 313300, Volksrepublik China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
GEAR4U Iluminated med RGB gaming chair with illuminated strip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L3YNpP0-AU · YouTube · disclosed 2019-09-12
Keep Out XSPRO RGB gaming chair with light sources
German and European market · disclosed 2019-12-02
Game Racing ELITE RGB GT400 gaming chair with light sources
German and European market · disclosed 2019-10-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier gaming-chair light-strip disclosures including the GEAR4U Iluminated med RGB product and other RGB gaming chairs sold before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted D1's YouTube product review as a public disclosure under Article 7, found the informed user could directly compare the light strips, and considered designer freedom broad despite the product's placement constraints.
- ›It held the contested light strip created essentially the same overall impression as D1, so the design lacked individual character and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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