Invalidity · first instance · 2024-06-20
000124435
Contested design: 008322796-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008322796-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Weifen HU
China (CN)
No. 88, Zhaoxu Village North, Huyuan Township, Lishui City, Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, China
Represented by
Konstantin Tahtadjiev
Holder · RCD owner
Wuyi Yunlin Steel Products CO., LTD
China (CN)
107 opposite side of Lengshuikeng Village, Shuxi Subdistrict, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province 321200, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
songmics post box, lockable wall-mounted letter box with newspaper compartment
ASIN B07WD7RPJF · Amazon.de · disclosed 2019-11-10
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested letter-box design lacked individual character over prior design D2, a Songmics post box disclosed on Amazon before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshots and customer-review dates as sufficient internet disclosure evidence under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given high designer freedom and near-identity in the designs’ essential features, the contested design produced the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld and the contested design was declared invalid in full, with costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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