Invalidity · first instance · 2022-08-17
000117856
Contested design: 006504601-0001
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 0065046010001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yiwu Rundong Auto Accessories Co. Ltd.
China (CN)
First Floor, No. 6, Building 22, Changchun Third District, Futian Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tong De Limited
VG
Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands (British)
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Maliyaw 'aspiradora' vacuum cleaner
https://www.amazon.es under ASIN B07P5D2KTM · Amazon.es · disclosed 2019-02-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on Amazon.es disclosures of the Maliyaw 'aspiradora' available from 24 February 2019.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure evidence, found the relevant informed user was familiar with handheld cordless vacuum cleaners, and considered designer freedom at least average.
- ›The contested and prior designs created the same overall impression; colour and material differences were insufficient, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
Decision files
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