Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-27
000114245
Contested design: 002274266-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 002274266-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Gerson Kramervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Schulstrasse 22, 73568 Durlangen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Wanzhong Gong
United Kingdom (GB)
1 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4RG, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
BV & Jo Waterproof Anti-shock DSLR Camera Case Bag with Extra Rain Cover
ASIN B00 BZH 9HNI · Amazon · disclosed 2008-09-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier Amazon disclosures of a camera case in September 2008.
- ›The holder disputed the probative value of Amazon's “date first available”, argued listings and images could be changed, and maintained the contested design remained novel and distinctive.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence for D1, found no concrete proof that the listing had shown a different design, and treated D1 as disclosed on 5 September 2008.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested design, the Division found only minor differences and held that the same overall impression was produced on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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