Invalidity · first instance · 2024-09-27
000125397
Contested design: 015039019-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150390190001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Sheng Xing Long Plastic & Electronic Products(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
1-6/F.,BLK 1, No.83 Hongyin Rd.,Loucun Community, Xinhu Street,Guangming District, Shenzhen China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yingkou Baoxin Trading Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Building B30#-162, Building 03, Bayuquan District, Yingkou City, Liaoning Province 115000 China
Represented by
Emilio Zeininger
Prior art cited (1)
extended telescopic household glass scraper tool
https://detail.1688.com/offer/733040719474.html · 1688.com · disclosed 2023-08-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested squeegee design lacked novelty and individual character over prior design D1 disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the 1688.com product page as sufficient internet disclosure from 23 August 2023 and found the informed user would perceive the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D'ERRICO
- MemberChiara BORACE
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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