Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-07
000119438
Contested design: 008182497-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0081824970001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
MYNT Handels und Service GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Werner-Heisenberg-Straße 2, 63263 Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guiju Fan
China (CN)
5th Floor, Building 612, No. 12, Bagua 2nd Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen, China
Prior art cited (3)
white mattress protector or cover with corner rubber bands
www.geheimshop.de · www.geheimshop.de · disclosed 2018-08-15
Lizhitree waterproof mattress protector offered via Amazon
ASIN B085VNZHMF · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-03-15
LaraTex white waterproof mattress protector with rubber bands in each corner
www.kaufland.de · www.kaufland.de
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested mattress cover lacked novelty and individual character because similar white protectors with corner rubber bands had been marketed since at least 2018.
- ›It relied on website, Amazon and Kaufland screenshots to show earlier disclosures; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the internet evidence incomplete, undated or insufficiently linked to identifiable full designs, so disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR was not proved.
- ›Without proven prior disclosure, the Article 25(1)(b) challenge based on Articles 5 and 6 CDR failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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