Invalidity · first instance · 2020-02-21
000108146
Contested design: 006647830-0008
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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 006647830-0008 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Vahdet Akardenizvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Schaberfeld 22, 42659 Solingen, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Ejoy law Group, Ltd.via PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
185 Ashfield Avenue, Atherton Manchester M46 0HD, United Kingdom
Prior art cited (1)
chair design offered on amazon.de
B07BGXBZTP · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-03-14
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, alleging the contested chair design had been disclosed on amazon.de on 14/03/2018.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply and left the applicant's disclosure allegations undefended.
- ›The Division found the internet evidence incomplete and unlinked, so disclosure of the prior design could not be established without assumptions.
- ›Because prior disclosure under Article 7 was not proven, the novelty attack failed and the invalidity application was rejected as unfounded.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
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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