Invalidity · first instance · 2024-02-08
000122594
Contested design: 015014613-0001
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 015014613-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ziou Divia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 3-152, Xiashama Village, Datian Street, Linhai City, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, 317099, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haijun Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 12-8, Yumin New Village, Jiaojiang District, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province 318000, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
KESSER Light Tree birch tree lighting decoration
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B 0BG 2Q7 SKN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2022-09-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon.de disclosure of a nearly identical light-tree design from 21/09/2022.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure, novelty, or individual character.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshots as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7 and found the designer’s freedom very broad for decorative LED light products.
- ›The Division found only minor differences between the designs, held that the contested design lacked individual character, upheld the application, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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