Invalidity · first instance · 2023-11-29
000121994
Contested design: 009100142-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 009100142-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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China (CN)
D309 Distinguished Age Innovation Park, No.6373 Bao'an Avenue, Fuhai Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Xinyiheng Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
205, Building 11, Minle Industrial Zone, Minle Community, Minzhi Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
INNOVATE Outdoor Solar Fairy Lights string lights
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B09TRS1BFK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-03-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier string lights disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's evidence of prior disclosure or similarity.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient evidence of disclosure and found the informed user would receive the same overall impression from both designs.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the RCD declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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