Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-22
000114883
Contested design: 007261201-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007261201-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Daniel Chaabivia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Friedrichstraße 4, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Xingyi Holdings (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
310, Blk. D, Huayuan Sci-Tech Innovation Park, Bldg. D, Baosheng Industrial Zone, Xixiang St., Bao'an District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Alberto Maria Giordano
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for JWTOYZ Folienballon safari-animal foil balloon set including a lion-head balloon
ASIN B07TB4RD7V · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-06-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the lion-head balloon design lacked novelty and individual character because the same shape and colour had long been on the market.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, saying the Amazon evidence was unreliable, untranslated, and could have been altered after the ASIN was created.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing, customer comments, and user images sufficiently proved disclosure before 19/11/2019 and rejected the holder's unsupported manipulation theory.
- ›Comparing the prior lion-head balloon with the contested design, the Division found no different overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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