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., Ltd
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 Wang
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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