Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-23
000116810
Contested design: 007959994-0001
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 0079599940001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Thomas Wiegreffevia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Artillerieweg 52, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yingying Guo
China (CN)
Wenchang Street, No. 149 Nangang District, Haerbin city, Heilongjiang Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Aoweika hula hoop offered on amazon.de
ASIN B07YJBSMBW · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-09-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested hula-hoop design lacked novelty and individual character because the same appearance had been offered for sale on amazon.de before filing.
- ›Applicant relied on amazon.de printouts and screenshots for ASIN B07YJBSMBW, including a product listing from 28 September 2019 and a later customer comment with product image.
- ›Holder filed no observations, so the Division accepted the internet disclosure as proven and found the compared designs differed only in an immaterial shade variation.
- ›The Division found no novelty under Article 5(1)(b) CDR, upheld the invalidity application, declared the contested design invalid, and awarded costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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