Invalidity · first instance · 2023-09-07
000121325
Contested design: 007256110-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 007256110-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Chongan Lanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.63-1, Nonghe Tun, Yonghe Village, Oudong Township, Xincheng County, Guangxi, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xingguo Hevia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.72 Juminzu, No.2 Datianba Village, Changlin County, Xichong Town, Sichuan Province, Xichong Town, Sichuan, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
Ivoler laptop stand, model AMUSA20710001
ASIN B07WBYCTNX · amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-08-07
Ivoler laptop stand, model AMUSA20710001
ASIN B07WBYCTNX · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-10-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on earlier Amazon listings of an identical laptop stand disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as proof of public disclosure under Article 7 and found the prior and contested designs identical in all relevant features.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked novelty and was therefore declared invalid, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberWolfgang SCHRAMEK
Decision files
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