Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-05
000116107
Contested design: 006656138-0002
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 006656138-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
David Jan Bauervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Münchinger Weg 20/2, 71701 Schwieberdingen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qinglan Nie
China (CN)
No. 9 Tuqiao Village, Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province, Yichun, Jiangxi 331200, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
"LIOOBO Abanico" fan offered for sale on Amazon
ASIN B07RN5PYZQ · Amazon.es · disclosed 2019-05-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier Amazon product listing for a similar fan.
- ›The holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as a public disclosure before the filing date and found the prior fan identical apart from immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty, so the Division did not examine individual character or other prior designs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
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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