Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-24
000122055
Contested design: 006329686-0007
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 006329686-0007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jing Sunvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Xinwei Huarong Community, Dalang Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
Holder · RCD owner
Jiahao Li
China (CN)
Bldg 3, Wenlan yuan, Dahe Road, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for a remote key finder with an item locater and base support
ASIN B 07L 81C L1C · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2018-12-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier designs, relying in particular on an Amazon product listing predating the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, the prior design, or the claimed lack of individual character.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as a public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated 10 December 2018 as proven prior to the contested filing date.
- ›Given at least average designer freedom, the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, so the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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