Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-20
000108281
Contested design: 004746774-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; the contested RCD is declared invalid and the holder bears 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 004746774-0001 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
Ideavillage Products Corp.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
155 Route 46 West, Wayne NJ 07470, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Walikexu Information Technology Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Rm 2804, Duhuixuan, Shijihui Square, No. 3018, Shennan Rd(M), Huaqiangbei, St, Futian Dist, Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
EGGLETTES egg cooking device
ASIN B077XMNHW1 (Amazon.com) · Amazon.com · disclosed 2017-12-01
trademark registration extract
USPTO Trademark EGGLETTES · USPTO
EGGLETTES product video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2018-02-05
EGGLETTES product video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2018-03-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant Ideavillage argued the contested egg cooker design lacked novelty and individual character over its EGGLETTES prior design, disclosed on Amazon (from 1 December 2017) and YouTube (February–March 2018), before the RCD filing date of 8 March 2018.
- ›Holder submitted no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing and YouTube videos as valid disclosures; it found that both designs shared the same white translucent body with four protruding feet, red wavy-patterned lid, and handle, with only minor differences in the lid top (holes vs. closed lid, handle opening shape) that were insufficient to alter the overall impression given the wide designer freedom.
- ›Application upheld on Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4 and 6 CDR; RCD declared invalid for lack of individual character; novelty ground not separately assessed.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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