Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-08
000116847
Contested design: 008547087-0001
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 008547087-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Huang Xinyanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.62, Guanghua Group, Liuyuan Village, Qiligang Township, Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Haimin Cross-border E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
RM 313, Bldg. 13, Tiedong Logistics Park, Pinghu St., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen 518116, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
Fruitman Ballpoint Pen multi-tool pen
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0761M3CTJ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-10-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an earlier Amazon.de disclosure of a Fruitman multi-tool ballpoint pen.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but submitted no response.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient prior disclosure under Article 7 and found broad designer freedom for ballpoint pens.
- ›It held that the shared hexagonal pen form, rulers, clip, and level created the same overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
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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