Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-08
000117232
Contested design: 008040950-0001
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 0080409500001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Saeed Yousefivia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bienenweg 14, 91623 Sachsen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Tengyue E-Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
F/2, No.24, Lane 9, Jianshe Rd., Pinghu Sub-dist., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Tuopuda 1 or 3 pairs of socks
ASIN B07Y2Y7XW4 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2019-09-18
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on four earlier sock designs disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied, among other evidence, on an Amazon.de listing for Tuopuda socks with ASIN B07Y2Y7XW4 available since 18 September 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Amazon listing as a prior public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found the contested sock created the same overall impression as the prior design and therefore lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENÉ
Decision files
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