Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-15
000118619
Contested design: 007982376-0001
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 007982376-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chenlong Weiye Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
402, Bldg. B2, Shanghe Industrial Park, Nanchang Rd., Hangcheng St., Baoan Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Holder · RCD owner
Qijun Li
China (CN)
No. 411, Baoshi East Road, Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
HOTOOLME hand soap bottle
ASIN B08 72V XYY2 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-04-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested hand-soap-bottle design was not new and lacked individual character over the HOTOOLME bottle offered on Amazon before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing and customer comments as proof of prior disclosure and found the compared bottle shapes and dispenser features materially identical.
- ›The contested design was held not new and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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