Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-18
000011132
Contested design: 001920810-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 0019208100001 wird für nichtig erklärt. Der Inhaber trägt die Kosten des Antragstellers, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Daniel Abart
Austria (AT)
Hauptstr. 34/7, 9061 Wölfnitz, Österreich
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Hannes Lafner
Austria (AT)
Tulferberg 51, 6075 Tulfes, Österreich
Represented by
Franz-Martin Orou
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de offer for a carafe with a wooden ball stopper
ASIN B07258T5CN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2010-05-01
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an Amazon.de disclosure of a similar or identical carafe with a wooden ball offered since 1 May 2010.
- ›The holder argued the request was inadmissible under ne bis in idem and that the Amazon evidence was unreliable because the applicant could alter the listing and images.
- ›The Invalidity Division held the new Amazon extract relied on a different factual basis from the earlier case and was sufficient, with its date, image, and ASIN reference, to prove prior disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Comparing the designs directly, the Division found the carafe shape and wooden-ball stopper identical, so the contested RCD lacked novelty and had to be declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberIngeborg MENDIETA VETTER
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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