Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-08
000118880
Contested design: 008933550-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008933550-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaomei Zhuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 16, Lane 2, Shuidoukeng East Village, Longgang District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Suzhou Demessi Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 203, Building 1, No. 189, Tongcheng Road, Weitang Town, Xiangcheng District, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215000, China
Prior art cited (2)
pencil
ASIN B09 BWW 23KM; https://www.amazon.com · Amazon · disclosed 2020-12-16
prior design disclosed on Amazon website
Amazon
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested writing-pen design lacked novelty and at least individual character in light of earlier Amazon disclosures D1 and D2.
- ›Applicant relied on an Amazon listing for D1, including ASIN B09 BWW 23KM and availability since 16 December 2020, as proof of prior disclosure.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed before the filing date and found the compared pen designs overwhelmingly similar despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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