Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-03
000114702
Contested design: 006950267-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0069502670001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wan Huiwenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1002, No. 2, Shuirongheng Street, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai ANGOO Stationery Gift Co.,Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 2407, No.5616, CaoAn Road, Anting Town, Jiading District, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Wangyiqian Pencil Pen Case Multi Compartments Pen Bag Pouch Holder Large Capacity Square Grid Cosmetic Bags Organizer Girls Boys Adults Teen Double Window
ASIN B07YKQ1VVC · Amazon.com · disclosed 2019-09-29
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested pen case design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical earlier Amazon-listed design had been disclosed before filing.
- ›Holder disputed disclosure and comparability, arguing the Amazon screenshot and added images were insufficient, unclear, and too incomplete to support a valid comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout and linked enlarged images as reliable disclosure of the same earlier design from 29 September 2019.
- ›Comparing the overall impressions, the Division found the designs shared the same essential shape, proportions, compartments, and zipper arrangement, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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