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.via PDF extraction
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 Limitedvia PDF extraction
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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