Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-05
000108121
Contested design: 006595286-0001
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 0065952860001 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
Maximilian Fischervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hauptstraße 37, 07580 Linda, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haifu Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 101, No. 51, Foyi Village, Zhenwen Town, Wuchuan City, Guangdong Province, China, 524500, Wuchuan, The People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (1)
Mini Frisbee
ASIN B07D3WYPK8 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2018-08-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier Amazon-listed “Mini Frisbee”, and also invoked technical function.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest the alleged prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the amazon.de printout identified by ASIN B07D3WYPK8 as solid evidence of disclosure on 2018-08-02.
- ›Because the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user despite only minor differences, the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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| 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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