Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-16
000113121
Contested design: 007337191-0003
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 0073371910003 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)
Amazon listing for a six-pack wooden animal puzzle set; prior design is the crab puzzle
https://www.amazon.co.uk / ASIN B07VN3HY83 · Amazon UK · disclosed 2019-07-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon-disclosed crab puzzle sold before the RCD filing date.
- ›Applicant relied on Amazon UK screenshots, ASIN information, and dated customer comments to prove public disclosure on 28/07/2019.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not rebut the disclosure evidence or the comparison advanced by the applicant.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence, found the prior crab puzzle created the same overall impression, and held the contested RCD lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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