Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-02
000121378
Contested design: 015002817-0001
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 015002817-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Dongwang E-commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
A3051, Wanzhongcheng Garment Wholesale Market, Xinniu Community, Minzhi Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen 518110, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Oderra Products Limited
Hong Kong (HK)
No.A222, 3F, Hang Fung Industrial Building, Phase 2, No.2G Hok Yuen Street, Hunghom, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Represented by
Berk Gokhan
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de product listing for 'Jokooan Montessori Toy for Babies' showing the prior baby activity toy design
Amazon.de ASIN B0B7HFVS2W · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-01-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested baby activity toy lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical design had been disclosed earlier on Amazon.de.
- ›The applicant relied on Annex 1, including an Amazon.de printout and related images for ASIN B0B7HFVS2W dated 10 January 2022.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Amazon disclosure proven under Article 7 and held that the contested design created the same overall impression as the prior design.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was invalidated for lack of individual character, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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