Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-03
000115542
Contested design: 008147714-0002
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 008147714-0002 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
Xiaolong Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Group 2, Songyuan Village, Nanwan Township, Hengdong CountyHunan 421400, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aimo Marking Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
28532, Rm. 105, 6 Baohua Rd., Hengqin New AreaZhuhai, Guangdong 519000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (2)
BIGGER'S label tape
ASIN B07CV98RYP · Amazon · disclosed 2018-05-24
Colour Direct label tape
ASIN B07F3DBLTK · Amazon · disclosed 2018-06-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty based on two earlier Amazon-disclosed label tape designs that allegedly matched the contested RCD exactly.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as valid prior disclosure under Article 7 and focused on EV1 for procedural economy.
- ›It found the contested design identical to EV1 except for immaterial details, upheld the Article 5 claim, and declared the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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