Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-12
000126170
Contested design: 015014827-0001
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 015014827-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Jinfeng Minvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 69, Sunjia Village, Shengli Village Committee, Hongmei Street, Tianning District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province 213000, China
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yongshanfang Biotechnology Co., LTD
China (CN)
401-9, Linzhan Fortune Building, Shenfeng Road, Liuyue Community, Henggang Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
CAME 'Top-432Na' transmitter remote control
https://www.amazon.de; ASIN B0172434JA · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-09-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon listing for the CAME 'Top-432Na' transmitter disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder, after the design had been transferred to it, was invited to respond but filed no observations or evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as prior disclosure under Article 7 and found the informed user would perceive the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the prior design destroyed individual character, so the contested design was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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