Invalidity · first instance · 2022-12-15
000118978
Contested design: 008939946-0001
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 008939946-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guoxing Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.6, Xialian Road, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Tengsheng Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 102, Building 5, No. 487, Tangxia Section, Dongshen Road, Tangxia Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
golden hair remover shown in a YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2021-10-12
pictures of earlier hair removal device designs allegedly disclosed on Amazon.de
Amazon.de
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested hair-removal-device design lacked novelty and individual character over earlier disclosures, especially a YouTube-disclosed golden design, and said designer freedom was relatively high.
- ›Holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube screenshots as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and disregarded the Amazon pictures as unsupported for assessing designer freedom.
- ›Because the designs were practically identical in shape and differed mainly in colour, the Division found no different overall impression and declared the design invalid under Articles 25(1)(b), 4(1) and 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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