Invalidity · first instance · 2025-02-10
000126795
Contested design: 015016653-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and the contested RCD is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0150166530002 is declared invalid.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Yu Xuan Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 205, Building A, Hongshengyuan Industrial Park, 339 Bulong Road, Ma’Antang Community, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province 518000, China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yongxing Yao
China (CN)
3rd Floor, No. 69, Tianhezhi Street, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
MSV Stand Toilet Brush Roll Holder
ASIN B09D352P2Q · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-10-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant relied on an Amazon.de offer for the MSV Stand Toilet Brush Roll Holder and said the contested stand reproduced its key arrangement.
- ›Holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the 21/10/2017 online disclosure, found at least average design freedom, and considered the shared structure and arrangement decisive despite minor detail differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberEmmanuel COLLIN
Decision files
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