Invalidity · first instance · 2022-10-28
000118325
Contested design: 008580732-0001
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 008580732-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yangsheng WUvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Si Li Nan Road, No. 19, Building F, 2nd Floor, Tangxia Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province 523000, China
Holder · RCD owner
Jiaojiao Song
China (CN)
Zhaohetan, Libaqiao Administrative Village, Luyi County, Yanghukou Town, Henan Province 477200, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
folding chair offer on Amazon
Amazon ASIN B092LYMJY1 · amazon.de · disclosed 2021-01-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an earlier Amazon listing for a folding chair disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found at least average designer freedom for folding chairs.
- ›It held that the prior chair and contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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