Invalidity · first instance · 2024-10-04
000125998
Contested design: 009085996-0001
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 009085996-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yuan Huangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
603, Building 46, Fifth Industrial Zone, Huaidecuigang, Fuyong Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Affargo LTDvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
27, Old Gloucester Street, LONDON WC1N 3AX United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
set of colourful clamp clips
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01NAWVFPH?th=1 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-02-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Amazon-disclosed clamp clips predating the contested design.
- ›The applicant submitted an Amazon.de product page for colourful clips showing first availability on 3 February 2017 and ASIN B01NAWVFPH.
- ›The holder filed no observations, so the disclosure evidence and comparison were unrebutted.
- ›The Division found the prior clips had been validly disclosed online and differed only in immaterial colour-shade details, so the contested design lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberCarlos MATEO PÉREZ
Decision files
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| deGerman | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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