Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-05
000127315
Contested design: 008479653-0001
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 0084796530001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Xiaobin Zouvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 61, Gucheng Road, Shangmei Town, Xinhua County, Loudi, Hunan, China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Qianhai Weilisheng Network Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 201, Building A, No.1 Qianwan Road, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone, Shenzhen, China
Represented by
Maria Ioannides
Prior art cited (1)
Version TECH laptop stand offered on Amazon
ASIN B00UCBBC2C · Amazon.de / Amazon.it / Amazon.es · disclosed 2018-06-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested laptop stand lacked individual character because an almost identical Version TECH stand had been disclosed on Amazon before filing; novelty and Article 25(1)(e) were also invoked.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as proof of one prior design disclosed to the public under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Given the strong similarities and the designer's remaining freedom, the contested design created no different overall impression and was declared invalid; other grounds were not examined.
Deciding panel
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberCristina SENERIO LLOVET
Decision files
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