Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-20
000123575
Contested design: 015005462-0001
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 015005462-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Guangyu Zhongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 72, Zhaijiao Village, Daxu Town, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan Province 425500, China
Represented by
Qiang Zhou
Holder · RCD owner
Lizhen Yu
China (CN)
Group 1, Mashan Village, Jiepai Township, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Hunan Province China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a female portable paper urinal (ASIN B08 HRT HDHM)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/GuoFa-Disposable-Urination-Portable-Waterproof/dp/B08HRTHDHM/ref=zg_bs_g_6408881031_sccl_14/262-5336533-3869616?th=1&psc=1 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2020-09-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character based on an earlier female portable urinal disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder argued the Amazon material was unreliable because website images can be modified and pre-filing reviews did not show product photos.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing, ASIN, date, and reviews sufficiently proved internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found no meaningful visual differences and held the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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