Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-04
000123354
Contested design: 015029729-0001
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 0150297290001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dongguan Jiataimei Hardware Products Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 22, Yongxing Rd., Dongshan, Qishi Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Liansui Technology Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
3B, BldgC3, Lychee Garden, No. 61, Nanling West Rd, Nanling Vil. Community, Nanwan St, Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
‘Sayzh’ dish drainer rack offered on Amazon.co.uk
ASIN B0B1DD2B8D · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2022-05-16
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested dish draining rack copied an earlier Amazon-disclosed ‘Sayzh’ rack and produced the same overall impression.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as prior disclosure and found average designer freedom, with only minor differences in the bottom-tray pattern.
- ›The contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIneta GALUBICKE
Decision files
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