Invalidity · first instance · 2018-09-26
000010809
Contested design: 003852672-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant’s costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 003852672-0003 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Mediashop GmbH
Austria (AT)
Schwarzottstraße 2a, 2620 Neunkirchen, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chrome Cherry Design Studio (Pty) Ltdvia PDF extraction
ZA
Unit 304, Salt Circle Arcade, 19 Kent Street, Salt River, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
Prior art cited (1)
Build Pro toy building-block tape with cylindrical studs arranged in regular rows of two
ASIN B06Y3ZVP2X · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2017-04-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on an earlier Amazon-listed Build Pro tape disclosed before the filing date.
- ›The holder disputed disclosure and evidential reliability, argued the cited product copied its earlier Nimuno Loops disclosures within the grace period, and maintained the contested design created a different overall impression.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon evidence as sufficient disclosure, rejected the abuse/grace-period argument as unsubstantiated, and found the cited tape clear enough to compare with the contested design.
- ›It held that the four-stud tape was only a straightforward variation of the earlier two-stud tape and lacked individual character, so the RCD was invalidated in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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