Invalidity · first instance · 2023-01-30
000117833
Contested design: 007974357-0001
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 007974357-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningxy, S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Calle de Piedrafita, 1, 28947 Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xuecong Chen
China (CN)
Block 44, Section B, Tanglan Industry, No.123, Xinyi 4th Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Litthing bottle water dispenser / electric drinking water pump
https://amazon.de (ASIN B07WYYGNGG) · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-08-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier water-dispenser designs disclosed online, especially an Amazon listing dated 31 August 2019.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure, arguing the evidence did not prove publication date, territory, prior sales, or identity between the designs.
- ›The Division held the Amazon.de listing had sufficient probative value to establish public disclosure before the filing date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found only immaterial differences between the designs, concluded the contested design lacked novelty, and invalidated it in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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