Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-17
000120338
Contested design: 008644918-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008644918-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yueer Tanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm. 1412, Bldg. 1, Qinghu Mingquan, Longhua Dist., Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hua Hang Yun Supply Chain (Hongkong) Co., Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
Room 605, 6/F, Fa Yuen Commercial Building, 75-77 Fa Yuen Street, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hongkong, Hong Kong
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (5)
Rhinowalk 3 in 1 bolsa de bicicleta
ASIN B08RJJ5ZXG · Amazon.com · disclosed 2020-12-29
Waterfly Bicycle Bag
ASIN B07WQVM17K · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-08-19
Wildken Bicycle Pannier Bags
ASIN B09162W1DG · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-04-14
Multifunctional Bicycle Pannier Bag
ASIN B07T6JDPMS · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-06-17
BAIGIO Borsa
ASIN B07V4CGBJK · Amazon.it · disclosed 2019-07-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over five bicycle pannier bag designs disclosed on Amazon before 9 August 2021.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as publicly disclosed before filing, identified the informed user as a user of rear pannier bicycle bags, and found somewhat limited designer freedom.
- ›It held that the contested design and D1 produced the same overall impression despite minor differences, so the design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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