Invalidity · first instance · 2019-08-13
000105480
Contested design: 005657897-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application against registered Community design No 005657897-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 005657897-0001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
KPB Healthcare Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
RSS, M3 Trade Park, Manor Way, Leigh Road, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 9YA, United Kingdom
Holder · RCD owner
FBGC Limited
United Kingdom (GB)
Styring House Farm, nr Givendale, York, YO42 1TL, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
Jobar / North American Wellness ear wax removal syringe / kit
JB7113 / EAN017874012909 · Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Jobar invoice dated 06/11/2015 · disclosed 2019-02-12
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, alleging an earlier Jobar ear wax removal syringe had been introduced in the United States in 2014 and imported into the United Kingdom in 2015.
- ›Applicant relied on two product images, Amazon hyperlinks, and a 6 November 2015 invoice for item JB7113; holder filed observations, but they were excluded as late under Article 63(2) CDR.
- ›The Division held that hyperlinks alone are not solid proof of disclosure, the claimed 12 February 2019 web disclosure post-dated the contested filing, and the invoice did not prove public disclosure or link the invoiced item to the submitted images.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7 CDR was not established, the Division did not examine novelty or individual character further and rejected the invalidity application.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila ČELISOVA
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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