Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-19
000114682
Contested design: 006780656-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay 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 0067806560001 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 Jinxi Information Technology Ltd., Co.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
703B, Yong Gan Road No. 50, Wu He Community, Street Ban Tian, Long Gang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518129, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Yaotian Chai
Holder · RCD owner
Weiping Liu
China (CN)
No. 46, Huiranchong, Huiliu Village, Jiguanshan Township, Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi, Pingxiang Jiangxi 337000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
Fancyus inflatable Antler Hat Ring toy
ASIN B01MCW5NVQ · amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-10-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant alleged the contested inflatable toy lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been sold in China and the EU since 2014, and relied in particular on Amazon listing D1.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as prior disclosure because the Amazon listing and ASIN evidence showed availability from 20 October 2016, before the RCD filing date.
- ›Comparing overall impressions, the Division found the contested design reproduced the key shape, branches, ties, and appearance of D1, and minor colour differences did not matter.
- ›The application succeeded under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 4(1) and Article 6(1)(b), so the RCD was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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