Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-11
000119068
Contested design: 007872254-0001
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 007872254-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kaiyan Fanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 504 Building 12 Qinqin Jiayuan Jinping Street, Fenghua, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Katerina Grišina
Holder · RCD owner
Chi Tat Fu
United Kingdom (GB)
5 The Meadows, West Ella East Riding of Yorkshire HU10 7RW, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Huanuo monitor stand with 3 height-adjustable screen raiser
ASIN B07L86BK3F · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-07-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon.de listing showing the Huanuo monitor stand disclosed from 10 July 2018 before the RCD filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, designer freedom, or the comparison with the earlier monitor stand.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and considered the relevant sector to be monitor stands with at least average designer freedom.
- ›Because the shared structural features dominated and the differences were minor, the designs created the same overall impression; the RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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