Invalidity · first instance · 2023-12-07
000122035
Contested design: 008460497-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0084604970002 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 Bldg1 30-132 Des Voeux Rd Central, 999077 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangdong Zhigu Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
No.21, Alley 2, Pengwu Zhuangliao, Dongkeng Town, Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer for 'GoMaihe Clothes Cover' garment storage cover
https://amazon.co.uk (ASIN B08 6WW 5T63) · Amazon · disclosed 2020-11-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon product disclosure.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.co.uk listing for 'GoMaihe Clothes Cover' with ASIN B08 6WW 5T63 available since 17/11/2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and comparison were unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the prior design had been publicly disclosed before filing and was identical in all material features, so the contested design lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
Decision files
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