Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-19
000119070
Contested design: 008312722-0001
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 008312722-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Hornet Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 101, No.8, Lane 1, Dashuiwan, Kengzi Longtian Community, Pingshan New District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Yun Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.119 Fanjiaping Village, Guantou Town, Xiangning County, Linfen, Shanxi 042100, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
hand pan / hang drum offered for sale online
ASIN B01N5P6W2Z · amazon.de · disclosed 2017-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier disclosures, including an Amazon listing for a hand pan or hang drum from 24 November 2017.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior internet disclosure under Article 7 and found the informed user would receive the same overall impression from the prior design and the contested design.
- ›Because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6, the Division declared it invalid and did not examine the remaining grounds.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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