Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-03
000116132
Contested design: 007453840-0001
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 007453840-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ting Pengvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 5, Beizhuang Road, Haining, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Changda Auto Accessories Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
203, No.11, District 6, Yongfeng Community, Yongfeng Community, Xixiang Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen, People Republic of China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
VIBELITE flexible extensible flashlight offer page
https://amazon.com; ASIN B01HHRDXWK · Amazon · disclosed 2016-06-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an Amazon listing for a VIBELITE flexible extensible flashlight.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or the applicant’s evidence.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing proved disclosure before the filing date and that the prior product and contested design differed only in immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty, so the Division did not examine the alternative individual-character ground.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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