Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-10
000119559
Contested design: 008981914-0001
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 008981914-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yi Chang Lanqier Garment Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Industrial Park, Dongshi Town, Zhijiang, Hubei 443214, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Guojin Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Room 2001, Luo Ruihe Fengshou Building, Nanlian Community, Longgang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
baby plate
http://www.amazon.de; ASIN B08 P2Q 3252 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2020-11-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an earlier online-disclosed baby plate that it said was identical to the contested design.
- ›The holder was invited to file observations but submitted no reply or evidence contesting disclosure or comparison.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de printout and snapshot as sufficient proof of 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 the registration in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
Decision files
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