Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-17
000116888
Contested design: 008585012-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design No 008585012-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Se estima la solicitud de declaración de nulidad. 2. Se declara nulo el dibujo o modelo comunitario registrado n.º 008585012-0001. 3. Las costas sufragadas por la titular, fijadas en 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhiqiang Yaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
n.º 118 Anning West Road Anning Distrito de Lanzhou, Gansu, República Popular de China
Represented by
Alberto Maria Giordano
Holder · RCD owner
Shanghai Rongdi Trading Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 8205, n.º 65 Haifeng Road, Jinshan, Shanghai 201100, República Popular de China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
USB PC games handbrake for G25 G27 G29 T500
ASIN B07T5S116S · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-06-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier video-game controller designs disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied in particular on Amazon.de listing D1, available since 14 June 2019, as evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as disclosed under Article 7 and found the contested design produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN Bavel
Decision files
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