Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-04
000117733
Contested design: 008734644-0001
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 008734644-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaohua Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
2 Jiaoyu street, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Anhui Zhongfeiteng Cross-border E-commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 702, Block B, Xiangfeng Creative Park, No.211 Xiangzhang Avenue, High-tech Zone, Hefei, Anhui, 230000, China
Represented by
Pier Francesco Pistuddi
Prior art cited (3)
CN 306659509 S · China
multipurpose tools
RCD No 008559959-0001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2021-06-03
ASIN B098TBJT64 · Amazon.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on three earlier disclosures, including Chinese design D1, RCD D2 and an Amazon listing D3.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division assessed individual character against D2, found its bulletin publication proved disclosure, and held designer freedom for multipurpose tools was not substantially limited.
- ›It found the designs virtually identical apart from the red central component, so the contested design produced the same overall impression and lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
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