Invalidity · first instance · 2023-03-21
000119640
Contested design: 009064421-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 009064421-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yiwu Ledong Network Technology Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
401, 4th Floor, No. 3, Xingfu Road, Beiyuan Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province 322000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Mai ke er Industrial Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Rm 1201, Block A, Weilong Business BLDG Longhua St., Longhua NEW Dist, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
WEST BIKING Mini Bicycle Bell Bike / WEST BIKING bell
eBay item No 234573561664 · eBay · disclosed 2022-05-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the contested bicycle bell lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical bell had been disclosed online before 21 June 2022, especially through eBay item No 234573561664.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the eBay snapshot and Annex 2 did not prove what design was disclosed before filing, and Annexes 1, 3, 4 and 5 were insufficiently identified, undated, untranslated, or otherwise unreliable.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven under Article 7, the invoked invalidity grounds failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
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