Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-01
000116911
Contested design: 006688545-0001
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 006688545-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Anhui Lianguan International Trading Limitedvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Floor 2, Building 13, Dahai Industrial Park, No. 18, Honghe Road, Luyang District, Hefei City, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Holder · RCD owner
Yan Ying Liaovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
102 Households, No. 11, 14th Lane, Chencuoliao, Wuhe, Heping Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
steering wheel cover
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B0714N86WC · Amazon.it · disclosed 2017-08-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an Amazon-disclosed steering wheel cover available from 12 August 2017.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the applicant's evidence and arguments went undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon webpage and matching product images as sufficient proof of prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›It found the prior design identical in all material features, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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