Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-03
000117010
Contested design: 006378808-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 006378808-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Haiyan Luovia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1403, Duty Free Business Building, No. 6, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Caixiu Zhongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 686, Xiangdong Building, Guanghua Village, Shuikou Town, Xingning City, Guangdong Province, 514500, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Bubzi Co Precious Baby Handprint Footprint Plaster Imprint Set
ASIN B01GJ9VNJC; https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-12-10
Pearhead Baby Prints Newborn Handprint and Footprint Photo Frame Kit
ASIN B01N4SDEND; https://www.amazon.com · Amazon.com · disclosed 2017-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier baby photo-frame designs disclosed on Amazon before the priority date.
- ›The holder, though invited, filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de product listing for D1 as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR before 4 April 2019.
- ›It found the contested and prior designs shared the same overall structure and key features, and the differences in the hand and foot prints did not change the overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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