Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-04
000114761
Contested design: 008208128-0001
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 0082081280001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jianping Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 21, Xiayuanpu, Xianglan Village, Xiadu Township, Shanghang County, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Zhuhai Boyeezon Technology co., Ltd
China (CN)
Room 508, 5th floor, Precision Workshop, No. 2 Shengli Road, Sanzao Town, Jinwan District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong province 519000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
5x Labelwell 12mm 45013s Compatible Labeling Tape
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B079CDHWMS · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-08-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on earlier disclosures including an Amazon listing for a compatible labeling tape cartridge.
- ›The holder argued the cartridge shape was constrained by printer-fit requirements and that visible differences from D1 were enough to create a different overall impression.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 and found the cited differences either invisible in the drawings or too minor to matter.
- ›Given the same overall shape and protrusions, the contested design lacked individual character over D1, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
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