Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-06
000117632
Contested design: 008276968-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0082769680001 is rejected. 3. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nadir Gezervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Bünzwangerstr. 8, 73061 Ebersbach, Germany
Represented by
Jan Marschner
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu Hongyu Trading Company
China (CN)
6th Floor, No. 12, Danchen 1st Road, Beiyuan Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
rose bear
ASIN B07S5KZXB2 · Amazon · disclosed 2019-06-06
rose bear
ASIN B07THBTHTK · Amazon · disclosed 2019-06-23
rose bear
ASIN B081YG5848 · Amazon · disclosed 2019-12-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on three Amazon product listings for earlier rose-bear designs.
- ›The holder did not file observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings as prior disclosures under Article 7 but found visible differences in proportions, bear features, rose arrangement, and undisclosed views.
- ›Because none of the prior designs was identical to the contested design, the novelty attack failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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