Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-18
000122535
Contested design: 008434716-0001
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 008434716-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Changzhou Yufeng Textile Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
West of Building 16, Gongjia Chengdong Industrial Park, National High-tech Development Zone, Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province 213100, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Mengyaxuan Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
11D, Unit A, Building 7, Donghai Lijing Garden, No. 208, Yantian Road, Donghai Community, Yantian, Guangdong 518000, China
Represented by
Filippo Garbagnati
Prior art cited (1)
bathing cap
ASIN No B 08D K4G Z7W · Amazon.sg · disclosed 2020-07-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier bathing-cap design disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.sg listing dated 24/07/2020 as sufficient online disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing the bathing-cap designs, the Division found almost identical overall impressions and held the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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