Invalidity · first instance · 2022-11-17
000118361
Contested design: 008188221-0001
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 0081882210001 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 Jinjiang Trading Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
2nd Floor, Unit 3, Building B1, No.117 Qiushi Road, Beiyuan Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province 322007, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Tengyue E-Commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
F/2, No.24, Lane 9, Jianshe Rd., Pinghu Sub-dist., Longgang Dist., Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (5)
https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de
https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de
https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de
https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de
ProPlus 2 x Telescopic Tent Pole 93-230 cm Aluminium 3 Sizes Adjustable
ASIN B07 PVL M36J · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-03-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested tent-pole design was identical, or at least produced the same overall impression, as five earlier Amazon.de disclosures D1 to D5.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the applicant’s novelty and individual-character objections.
- ›The Invalidity Division found Amazon evidence sufficient to prove disclosure of D5 on 22 March 2019 and treated internet posting as valid prior art under Article 7(1).
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division found the contested design and D5 identical apart from an immaterial colour-shade variation, so the design lacked novelty.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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