Invalidity · first instance · 2022-06-07
000117355
Contested design: 008264055-0003
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 008264055-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Zhonglineng Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm 501, Building B2, Industrial zone 2, No. 56, Qikeng Second Road, Baolong st., Longgang District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Zefan Home Furnishing Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
405B, Yangnan Business Building, No.272, Chuangye 2nd Road, Xin'an Street,Baoan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Bluetooth Hat
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 08D R23 YFQ · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-07-20
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested knitted Bluetooth hat nearly copied a hat sold on Amazon.de since 20 July 2020 and therefore lacked individual character.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the hats produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b).
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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