Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-08
000118730
Contested design: 008605018-0001
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 0086050180001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhaoming Fangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 411, Human Resource Services Plaza No.29, Qinglin Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Holder · RCD owner
Haiting Wang
China (CN)
G715, Hualian 27 District, Chuangye 2nd Road, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.co.uk listing for 'Stroller Cup Holder' cup and phone holder
ASIN B0897GGD4F · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-05-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon.co.uk disclosure of a cup and phone holder under ASIN B0897GGD4F before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found broad design freedom for combined cup and mobile-phone holders.
- ›It held that the compared designs shared the same main shapes and colour/material combination, and that the minor differences did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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