Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-19
000119179
Contested design: 008312722-0002
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 008312722-0002 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)
MMAN Handpan Healing Musical Instrument
ASIN B 081 55W 3B1 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2019-11-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier handpan disclosures, including an Amazon listing dated 7 November 2019.
- ›Holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure, found designer freedom limited, and held the minor rear-side and finish differences insufficient to change the overall impression.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b), so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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