Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-16
000115483
Contested design: 008212914-0003
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 0082129140003 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 County Hunan 421400, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Aimo Marking Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
28532, Rm. 105, 6 Baohua Rd., Hengqin New Area Zhuhai, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (2)
Wayback Machine printout of the holder’s website showing cartridges identified as the 'Dymo Series'
http://web.archive.org/web/20180418125454/http://www.aimotech.com/index.html · Wayback Machine / www.aimotech.com · disclosed 2018-04-17
Chinese design patent for 'Ribbon carriage'
CN303329513S · Chinese Patent Office · disclosed 2015-08-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on a Wayback Machine capture of the holder’s website and Chinese design patent CN303329513S.
- ›The applicant argued the contested cartridge design created the same overall impression as the earlier disclosures and should therefore be invalidated.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division treated D1 as validly disclosed, found only minor differences between the designs, and held that the contested RCD lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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