Invalidity · first instance · 2018-03-29
000010621
Contested design: 002901355-0014
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay EUR 350 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 002901355-0014 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Songmics International GmbH
Germany (DE)
Grünenplatzstr. 16-18, 42899 Remscheid, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Julia Yu
United Kingdom (GB)
156 Bon Accord Street, Scotland Aberdeen City AB11 6TX, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
modular storage cabinets shown on Amazon
Model No LPC33W · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2014-10-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an earlier cabinet design sold on Amazon from 3 October 2014.
- ›Holder filed no observations and did not contest disclosure of the prior design.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as solid evidence of prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Novelty failed because the differences were not immaterial, but the shared 3x3 modular cabinet features created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6 CDR, and the RCD was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVA
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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