Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-22
000116749
Contested design: 008068886-0001
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 0080688860001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
WMK Trading GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Waltrup 16, 48341 Altenberge, Germany
Represented by
Deborah de Melo Morais
Holder · RCD owner
Chengdu Qinke Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1604,16/F, Bldg. 3, No. 138 Tianfu 2nd St., Chengdu High-tech Zone, pilot free trade Zone, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
detachable paddle 'Overmont'
ASIN B07 BN9 1HXS; https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that all protected features had been disclosed before filing through an Amazon.de listing for an Overmont detachable paddle.
- ›The holder was invited to submit observations but filed none, so the disclosure evidence went unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the Amazon.de screenshots sufficient to prove disclosure before 3 August 2020 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing only the features shown in the contested design, the Division found the prior and contested designs identical in the relevant shape features.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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