Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-12
000112663
Contested design: 006260592-0001
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 0062605920001 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
Dongguan Menduo Trading Companyvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 207, Block A, Nanyuede Building, Middle Road, Dongcheng District, Guangdong Province, 518000 Dongguan City, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Mianju Chen
China (CN)
No 572 Jiangtian Vil., Nanjiang Town, Pingjiang County, Hunan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
ROCKBROS bike frame bag with touch screen phone case holder
ASIN B07 DWZ 8C2B · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-06-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier similar bicycle frame bag designs disclosed before the RCD filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant’s disclosure evidence or the claimed similarity of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing for D1 as a valid prior internet disclosure made before the filing date under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the shared shape and visual features outweighed minor differences, so the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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