Invalidity · first instance · 2024-11-21
000126437
Contested design: 009150683-0001
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 009150683-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaoli Peng, Xingli Groupvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Zhehou Cunmin Juweihui, Wenjing Town, Jingdong, Yizuzizhi County, Puer City, Yunnan Province, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
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)
extension cable offered on Amazon.de
ASIN B 087 NG7 2NF · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-04-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon.de disclosure of a similar extension cable from 24 April 2020.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient internet disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and treated the extra cables in the offer as irrelevant to the comparison.
- ›It found the contested design produced the same overall impression as the prior design despite minor connector and color-shade differences, so the design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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| itItalian | human translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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