Invalidity · first instance · 2023-04-05
000119600
Contested design: 009009889-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the applicant is ordered to bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009009889-0001 is declared invalid. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Boarding Ringvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
661 chemin de Chateauvallon, 83190 Ollioules, France
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Amtang Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
2H1601, Yueshanhu, Kangle RD. 88, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Prior art cited (1)
pair of 3D glasses with four round lenses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11oM6Z6p0fo · YouTube · disclosed 2019-03-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on a prior 3D-glasses design disclosed online by 6 March 2019.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not appoint the required EU representative despite an Office invitation.
- ›The Division accepted the YouTube disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the compared glasses produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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