Invalidity · first instance · 2023-08-21
000121403
Contested design: 009169998-0001
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 0091699980001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhang Shenglongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xindu Village, Yuyang Town, Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province 325000, China
Represented by
Tom Palmisano
Holder · RCD owner
Zhichao Yu
China (CN)
No. 88, Dongzeng, Dongfeng Village, Duwei Town, Xianyou County, Fujian Province, China
Represented by
Jesús Eladio Sánchez Silva
Prior art cited (1)
Biudxbo Electric Lice Comb
ASIN B09 V78 NX2V · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2022-03-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon listing for the Biudxbo Electric Lice Comb available from 10 March 2022.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and the applicant's comparison points were uncontested.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated the enlarged images as showing the same earlier design.
- ›It found only immaterial differences, held that the contested design created the same overall impression on the informed user, and invalidated the design for lack of individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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