Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-08
000116148
Contested design: 008278287-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 008278287-0001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008278287-0001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Wenyan Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 27, Shaxia village, Minzhi Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xinyi Innovation Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
405 Bldg. 37, Yintian Ind. Zone, Yantian Community, Xixiang St., Baoan Dist., Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a square pop bubble fidget toy with small pokable bubbles
ASIN B08N4R66S4 · Amazon website (amazon.de) · disclosed 2020-11-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy design lacked novelty and individual character over prior art, relying in particular on an Amazon listing for a square pop bubble fidget toy.
- ›The summary of parties' arguments sets out the applicant's submissions only and records no substantive holder response.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient evidence of disclosure before the filing date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the shapes, bubbles and colour, the Division found the only difference was a slight shade variation and held the designs identical in all material respects.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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