Invalidity · first instance · 2024-01-23
000122443
Contested design: 015004840-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0150048400001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150048400001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Meijuan Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 2001, Xilongwan Garden Commercial Office Building, No. 17 Haixiu Road, Bao’an District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China
Holder · RCD owner
Xiamen SceneX Solar Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
2nd floor, 2nd building, No.555, Shanbian Road, Dongfu Industrial Park, Haicang District, Xiamen, China
Prior art cited (1)
Adjustable solar mount
ASIN B 01E XU8 DYC · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-04-28
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying in particular on an Amazon-listed prior design for an adjustable solar mount available since 28/04/2016.
- ›Holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a public internet disclosure under Article 7(1) and treated the designer’s freedom as at least average.
- ›It found the designs created the same overall impression, with colour as the only difference, so the contested design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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