Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-08
000116166
Contested design: 008278287-0002
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 008278287-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
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 "Vcostone push pop bubble fidget toy" in the shape of a disc with pokable bubbles
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B08N437MM7 · Amazon · disclosed 2020-11-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested toy design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier prior art.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon listing dated 9 November 2020 for a disc-shaped push-pop bubble fidget toy with ASIN B08N437MM7.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon offer as sufficient online disclosure before the filing date and found the compared designs identical apart from an immaterial shade difference.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty and was therefore declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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