Invalidity · first instance · 2023-05-30
000120341
Contested design: 006948618-0005
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD 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 006948618-0005 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Shengxunsen Electronic Commerce Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 6, Ideal New City, No. 1228, Jindaotian Road, Jinpai Community, Buji Street, Shenzhen 518000, China
Represented by
Ákos Süle
Holder · RCD owner
Xinglong Mo
China (CN)
No. 511 Hegong Group, Hengping Village, Zhangshu Town, Hengyang County, Hengyang, Hunan, China
Represented by
Marcella Clarke
Prior art cited (1)
AYITOO 50Pcs Nails Files
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B 079 6PV PB8 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-01-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over earlier nail files disclosed on Amazon before the contested design's filing date.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest the Amazon disclosure evidence or the comparison of the designs.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 2 as sufficient internet disclosure from 22/01/2018 and found the compared nail-file designs identical apart from immaterial details.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested RCD was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and the holder was ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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