Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-29
000121485
Contested design: 008318984-0001
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 008318984-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mina Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 56, Chunhui Road, Runhe Chenyuan, Yancang, Chang'an Town, Haining City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Tom Palmisano
Holder · RCD owner
Yiwu ThousandShores E-Commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
9th Floor, Building No.3, YiWu International E-Commerce Town, 315 HongYun Road, ChengXi Street, YiWu City, ZheJiang Province 315, China
Represented by
Joanna Dargiewicz
Prior art cited (1)
Ace Punch 8 Pieces Colour Combination Pyramid Acoustic Foam Sound Insulation Tiles acoustic plates
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 06X 93L K5B · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-02-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested acoustic foam panel lacked novelty and individual character in light of earlier Amazon-disclosed foam boards with the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure before 11 December 2020 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found that minor differences in the number of pyramids did not alter the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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