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 Technologyvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Building 4 in Dongfang Village Science and Technology Park, Wangzhai Village, Wengyang Street, Leqing, Zhejiang, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTDvia PDF extraction
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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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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