Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-07
000010815
Contested design: 003813518-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003813518-0003 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant's costs, fixed at EUR 350.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Songmics Internlational GmbH
Germany (DE)
Grünenplatzstr.16-18, 42899 Remscheid, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Aukey E-Business Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 102, Building 9, Huanan Avenue No.1 Huanan city, International Printing Paper Packaging Logistics Zone (a), Pinghu Town, Longgand District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
José Izquierdo Faces
Prior art cited (2)
garment rack
http://www.amazon.co.uk / ASIN B01DSXA0JQ / model HSR04B · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2016-04-06
identical garment rack
www.Amazon.de · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-01-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier online disclosures of a garment rack sold on Amazon before the RCD filing date.
- ›The applicant argued the prior and contested designs were overall identical and produced no different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.co.uk listing as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7 and found the only hook-colour difference immaterial.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked novelty, so the Division did not examine individual character or the other cited design.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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