Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-06
000119560
Contested design: 008831739-0001
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 008831739-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiangyang Yangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.1, Heshangyang Group, Yangwei Village, Yongzhen Village, Yongqiao Dist., Suzhou, Anhui, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yanxiang Yi
China (CN)
No. 1 Gonghou, Dongxi Village, Zhongshan Town, Xianyou County, Fujian Province China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for “WGYTECH Hundetreppe 3 Schichten” showing pet stairs
https://amazon.de; ASIN B09 72W 859S · Amazon · disclosed 2021-06-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested pet-stairs design lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier designs disclosed online, including an Amazon product listing.
- ›The cited Amazon listing showed a pet-stairs product with ASIN B09 72W 859S available since 10 June 2021, before the contested design filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence was unrebutted and the prior design was deemed made available to the public under Article 7(1).
- ›The Division found the compared designs produced the same overall impression on the informed user and invalidated the contested design for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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