Invalidity · first instance · 2019-02-25
000102559
Contested design: 004400604-0003
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, Registered Community design No 0044006040003 is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 350.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0044006040003 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
P N Home Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Accu House, 1 Sanvey Gate, Leicester, LE1 4EP, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhenshi hengjia jiaju yongpin youxian gongsivia PDF extraction
China (CN)
futianqu futianjiedao fuminglu leizhendashaqunlou 05ceng xibanceng 512shi (futianjiedaoban), 518000 Guangdong, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.co.uk listing for the 'Tulip Style Chair' identical to the contested design
ASIN B0143GXT7M · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-08-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested chair design had allegedly been publicly disclosed before filing and therefore lacked novelty.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon.co.uk printout for the Tulip Style Chair as solid evidence of disclosure since 11/08/2015 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found the compared chair designs identical apart from colour, held the RCD was not new, and declared it invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
- MemberJose Antonio GARRIDO OTAOLA
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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