Invalidity · first instance · 2023-10-29
000121563
Contested design: 008318430-0001
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 008318430-0001 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 Wang
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., Ltd
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)
Amazon offer for “JBER Acoustic plate 48 pieces…” showing an acoustic wall / anti-noise panel design
ASIN B 07P B1L 2ZK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-04-27
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that earlier Amazon-disclosed acoustic foam panels destroyed the contested design’s novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the alleged similarities.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure before 11 December 2020 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the common triangular parallel-prism relief and overall configuration outweighed differences in plate shape and number of prisms.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character, so the invalidity application was upheld and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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