Invalidity · first instance · 2023-07-31
000121026
Contested design: 008559744-0001
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 008559744-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jingzhen Liuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
203, Building D, Xingyi Business Center, No. 58, Xueshantang Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou 510000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Foshan Senge Furniture CO., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 2, 7F, Wang Yuanli Buildiing, Shalong Road, Jiujiang Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de product listing for a set of tables for living room
ASIN B08YYN4F2R · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-03-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested coffee-table set lacked novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon.de product listing disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.de evidence as sufficient disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated the enlarged images as showing the same prior design.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, with only immaterial differences, so the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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