Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-16
000115510
Contested design: 008212914-0004
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 008212914-0004 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 (3)
Aken replacement LetraTag plastic label tape cartridge
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Equivalent-LetraTag-Plastic-S0721610-LT-100H/dp/B06XRB4CYY/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=B06XRB4CYY&qid=1616713946&sr=8-1 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-05-31
Oozmas replacement LetraTag plastic label tape cartridge
https://www.amazon.co.uk/6-Pack-Replacement-LetraTag-Plastic-LT-110T/dp/B06VTTGD6H/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=B06VTTGD6H&qid=1616714087&sr=8-1 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-12-20
Chinese design patent for “Label Ribbon carriage (LT-12mm)”
CN304030241 S · Chinese Patent Office · disclosed 2017-02-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on two Amazon disclosures and a Chinese design patent for similar label-tape cartridges.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted publication of Chinese design patent CN304030241 S as prior disclosure under Article 7 and, for procedural economy, did not assess the other evidence.
- ›Comparing the cartridge designs side by side, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user, so the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
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 ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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