Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-26
000120241
Contested design: 009086754-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, RCD No 009086754-0001 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 009086754-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Kamel Eastern Resource International Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
401, Bld. 4, No. 2, KeYan Rd, KeXueCheng, Guangzhou, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yongcan Lu
China (CN)
No. 96-1, Shangmao Street, Jinggongqiao Town, Fuliang County, Jingdezhen City, Jiangxi Province 333000, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Prior art cited (1)
ride-on-rooster fancy dress costume
ASIN B09X35KWYX · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-04-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing that an identical fancy dress costume had been disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The applicant relied on Amazon.de printouts and enlarged images for ASIN B09X35KWYX; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon disclosure as prior art made available to the public before filing and treated the additional images as usable for comparison.
- ›Comparing the protected features, the Division found the prior design and contested design identical in all relevant respects.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberAlfonso CID GONZALEZ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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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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