Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-09
000116748
Contested design: 008183404-0004
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 008183404-0004 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Miaoping Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.172, Chaoxinli, Chaolaigang Village, Guangtai Town, Puning City, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hua Hang Yun Supply Chain (Hongkong) Co., Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Room 605, 6/f, Fa Yuen Commercial Building, 75-77 Fa Yuen Street, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
PELLOR Wood Swing Seat Outdoor Garden swing
https://www.amazon.co.uk/PELLOR-Wood-Swing-Outdoor-Adults/dp/B085B71P3H?ref_=ast_sto_dp · www.amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-07-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested swing lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical swing had been offered on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the applicant’s comparison of the designs.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon printout and linked images as proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the compared swings differed only in immaterial details.
- ›The Division concluded that the contested design lacked novelty under Article 5 and declared it invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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