Invalidity · first instance · 2024-03-18
000123414
Contested design: 015028614-0001
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 0150286140001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinhui Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1F, Workshop 8, Lijincheng S&T Industrial Park, East Industrial Road, Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Holder · RCD owner
Quanzhou Weike Terui Network Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
518, 5/F, Bldg. 5, Hengdali Shoes Industry, No. 808, Quan’an North Rd., Wutan Village, Chidian Town, Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, 362200, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Prior art cited (1)
VASZOLA 5 Tier Wood Tall Plant Stand Metal Rack table lamp/plant stand listing
https://www.amazon.co.uk; ASIN B0B LSD YTZD · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2022-11-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier Amazon listing showing a very similar plant-stand design before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR 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 design invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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