Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-12
000114708
Contested design: 008210025-0001
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 0082100250001 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, Guangdong 519000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for labelling tapes / tape replacement cartridges for DYMO LetraTag
ASIN B07QNJTHXW · amazon.com · disclosed 2019-05-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier product listing for label-printer cartridges disclosed on amazon.com before the priority date.
- ›The holder argued the amazon.com evidence could not reasonably become known in the EU trade circles and that printer-cartridge shape constraints made the cited design sufficiently different.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the amazon.com listing and related images as a prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and rejected the holder’s accessibility objections.
- ›Comparing the visible features and overall impression, the Division found no material differences for the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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