Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-25
000116489
Contested design: 007730635-0001
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 0077306350001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Abilikey GmbHvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Nelkenweg 7, 4323 Wallbach, Switzerland
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haoqi Mao
China (CN)
No.10, Lane 29, Mingshan Jiangbei Rd., Xikou Town, Fenghua, Zhejiang 315500, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
contour gauge offered by Lanpard on Amazon
ASIN B07W22JDJT · Amazon (amazon.de) · disclosed 2019-08-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested contour gauge lacked individual character because an Amazon-listed Lanpard gauge with ASIN B07W22JDJT had been publicly available before the filing date and created the same overall impression.
- ›Holder was invited to respond to the invalidity application but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the designer had broad freedom apart from the lamellas needing to maintain a straight line.
- ›The shared body shape, lamella form, and overall configuration outweighed minor differences in colour, surface details, and visible screws, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to bear the fixed costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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