Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-07
000117095
Contested design: 008583124-0001
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 008583124-0001 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
Shenzhen City Ju Xing Rong Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
San Lian Community, Jing Giu New Village, No. 154, room 603, Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Jörg Brettschneider
Holder · RCD owner
Dingguo Zhang
China (CN)
10CD, Building 2, Xinhua Building, 543 Xinhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai 200000, China
Prior art cited (4)
Pictures of an alleged earlier plier design.
Amazon sellercentral order extract for the alleged earlier plier design.
ASIN B0995PRMJX · sellercentral.amazon.de
Sworn statement alleging pre-filing sales of the earlier plier design.
Amazon seller ID A3V0FPVRC1KAI2 · Sworn statement of Huali XU
Amazon listing for the Wieprima Pinces perforatrices plier design.
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0995PRMJX · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-08-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested plier design lacked novelty because an identical plier had allegedly been sold on Amazon before 22/06/2021.
- ›The applicant relied on photographs, Amazon listing and order extracts, and a sworn statement; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found none of the evidence proved disclosure before the filing date, and the sworn statement was insufficient without reliable corroboration.
- ›The invalidity application was rejected as unfounded, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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