Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-22
000124235
Contested design: 015008171-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0150081710001 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150081710001 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Leqing Leteng Electronic Technology
China (CN)
Building 4 in Dongfang Village Science and Technology Park, Wangzhai Village, Wengyang Street, Leqing, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTD
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Electrical Quick Connectors with Lever connector design
https://www.amazon.fr; ASIN B 085 XX4 DYN · Amazon · disclosed 2020-06-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based mainly on an earlier connector design disclosed on Amazon before the contested filing date.
- ›The applicant submitted an Amazon.fr product page for Electrical Quick Connectors with Lever, showing ASIN B 085 XX4 DYN and availability since 19 June 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon page as sufficient internet disclosure and found the prior and contested connector designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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