Invalidity · first instance · 2024-07-15
000124076
Contested design: 008306609-0001
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 008306609-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xuemei Cuivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.15, Xinkuang 2nd Village, Xinkuang, Nahuo Town, Dianbai Town, Guangdong Prov. China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Chunqi Luo
China (CN)
Building 5, Hongli Village, No. 24, Zhenxing Road, Futian District, Shenzhen City China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (1)
Version Tech Laptop Table Stand
ASIN B 00U CBB C2C; https://www.amazon.es · Amazon Spain · disclosed 2018-06-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on earlier laptop-stand disclosures on websites, including an Amazon listing.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations and did not contest disclosure or the merits.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 3 as prior internet disclosure and found the designer had meaningful freedom despite functional constraints in laptop stands.
- ›It held that the prior and contested designs created the same overall impression, so the contested RCD lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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