Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-21
000116406
Contested design: 007730775-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0077307750001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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China (CN)
Group 3, Heping Village, Tujie Town, Weining Yi Hui Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province 553100, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Zhiqi Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
B902 Baochengtai Square, No. 38 Qinfu road, Liuyue Community, Henggang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen (Guangdong Province) 518116, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Wireless Bluetooth portable speaker with party light
ASIN B07 Y38 2CL2 · Amazon · disclosed 2019-09-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on four earlier online disclosures, arguing the same distinctive features appeared in the contested speaker design.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the informed user analysis, or the comparison with prior design D2.
- ›The Division found Amazon evidence sufficient to prove D2 was publicly available on 18/09/2019, before the contested design filing date.
- ›Given the broad design freedom and the identity of the overall shape, feature arrangement, and proportions, the contested design produced the same overall impression as D2.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
Decision files
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