Invalidity · first instance · 2019-04-25
000102619
Contested design: 004400604-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must pay the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community designs No 004400604-0004 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
P N Home Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Accu House, 1 Sanvey Gate, LE1 4E P Leicester, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
Lihua Sanvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Buji Central Garden, Longgang District, Shenzen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
dining chairs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coavas-Dining-Kitchen-Leisure-Bedroom/dp/B06XZ4C9K4/ · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2017-03-31
dining chairs
https://www.amazon.com/Green-Forest-Leisure-Cushion-Low-Back/dp/B06XXLW1HZ/ · Amazon.com · disclosed 2017-03-30
dining chair
https://www.amazon.de/Esszimmerstuhl-Coavas-Kissenh%C3%B6lzernen-Metallbeine/dp/B06XYWWNGN · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-03-31
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on three Amazon chair listings allegedly disclosed before the contested RCD's filing date.
- ›The holder disputed the reliability of the Amazon printouts, argued reviews could be changed, and maintained the compared chairs differed from the contested design.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted D1 to D3 as prior disclosures because the ASIN-linked listings and reviews credibly showed public availability before filing.
- ›The application was rejected because the prior chairs were very similar but not identical, notably differing in colour and stitched diamond-pattern decoration on the back.
Deciding panel
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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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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