Invalidity · first instance · 2023-02-16
000119500
Contested design: 008359749-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0083597490001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kontri Spółka z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnościąvia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Jacka Kuronia 3, 15569 Białystok, Poland
Represented by
Michał Jędrzejewski
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xinming Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
1910, New Asia Guoli Building, 18 Zhonghang Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Dimitris Morides
Prior art cited (1)
ANGELBLISS Baby Playpen
ASIN B086LG837P · amazon.de · disclosed 2020-07-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested baby playpen lacked novelty and individual character over the earlier ANGELBLISS Baby Playpen disclosed on Amazon.de before filing.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de listing as prior public disclosure and found the designer's freedom at least average for baby playpens.
- ›It found the designs highly similar overall, with colour and a small pocket insufficient to change the informed user's overall impression, so individual character was lacking.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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