Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-18
000103739
Contested design: 003423193-0001
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 003423193-0001 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
MA Trading GmbH & Co. KG
Germany (DE)
Nimrodstr. 9, 90441, Nuremberg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Brian Horowitz
United States (US)
16902, Von Karman St B 926060, Irvine (CA) United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
cart tyre tread pattern shown on a hand cart
ASIN B00V8IQ94Y · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-07-19
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant claimed the RCD lacked novelty because identical tyre tread had been sold on Amazon.de since 19/07/2016 under ASIN B00V8IQ94Y, supported by a manufacturer affidavit and invoices.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division admitted higher-quality duplicate images and found the Amazon extracts, read together with the affidavit, provided solid evidence that the earlier design had been publicly disclosed before filing.
- ›Limiting the comparison to the protected tread pattern and proportions, the Division found the prior tyre design identical to the contested RCD apart from an immaterial perspective-related difference in tread direction.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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