Invalidity · first instance · 2025-03-19
000127435
Contested design: 015062007-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 015062007-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Yongjia Livia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 41, Miaojiaqian Village, Kehu Town, Linxian County, Shanxi Province, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Breguła
Holder · RCD owner
Suizhou Buliangren Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
301, 3rd Floor, West Unit, Taoyuan Office, Xihe Town, High-tech Zone, Suizhou, Hubei 441300, China
Represented by
Krzysztof Żuradzki
Prior art cited (1)
mobile flood protection barrier door
ASIN B09BJ3ZWLW · Amazon.de · disclosed 2021-07-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant relied on an earlier Amazon disclosure from 30/07/2021 and argued that the contested flood barrier design copied it and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a valid public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR and found the designer's freedom at least average.
- ›Because the designs were nearly identical in their decisive features, the contested design lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D´ERRICO
- MemberDimitrios ANDRIANOPOULOS
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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