Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-13
000103299
Contested design: 003096296-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Registered Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0030962960001 wird für nichtig erklärt. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 350 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €350
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zivko Mijatovic & Partnersvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Avenida Fotógrafo Francisco Cano, 91A, 03540 Alicante, Spanien
Holder · RCD owner
BellaCocool GmbH
Germany (DE)
Möllendorffstr. 108/109, 10367 Berlin, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon offer page showing trainers/shoes
https://www.amazon.co.uk · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-03-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier Amazon disclosure of the same type of shoes on 19 March 2015.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon.co.uk product page showing the shoes and stating they were available for purchase before the contested design's filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon page as sufficient evidence of prior disclosure, rejected the novelty ground because differences were not immaterial, but found the designs created the same overall impression given broad designer freedom for shoes.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6 and the design was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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