Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-21
000122034
Contested design: 008814974-0001
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 008814974-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mxcwir Technology Company Limitedvia PDF extraction
Hong Kong (HK)
RM 1205, 12/F Tai Sang Bank Bldg 130-132 Des Voeux Rd Central, 999077 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Baiqin Commercial Trading Co., Ltd
China (CN)
701, No. 6, Lane 3, Guangyayuan, Bantian Wuhe Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129, China
Represented by
André Guerreiro Rodrigues
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for '2Pack Wedding Evening Dress Garment Storage' garment cover
ASIN B 08R DKK QZ9 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-12-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon disclosure of a garment cover sold since 28 December 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest the alleged online disclosure or the comparison with the contested design.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found a high degree of design freedom for garment covers.
- ›It held that the minor differences did not change the overall impression, so the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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