Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-01
000117298
Contested design: 007874300-0001
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
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0078743000001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Page, White & Farrer Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Bedford House John Street, London WC1N 2BF, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tingting Chen
China (CN)
Building 1, Fujing Garden, Nanwan Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (1)
Augo Magnetic Screen Door
ASIN B07 4TW KVQB; product no. 433081708 · amazon.com / amazon.de · disclosed 2017-08-15
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested curtain lacked individual character over an earlier Augo Magnetic Screen Door disclosed online before filing, and also invoked technical-function objections.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings, seller screenshots and customer comments as sufficient proof of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Minor differences in strap position, net pattern and top border width did not alter the overall impression on the informed user given the designer's high degree of freedom.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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