Invalidity · first instance · 2020-04-03
000107779
Contested design: 005942521-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
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1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0059425210005 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
Eucashbox Logistik GmbH
Germany (DE)
Am Kielsgraben 10, 40789 Monheim, Germany
Holder · RCD owner
Anji Weiyu Furniture Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 280, West Sunlight Road, Anji County, Zhejiang Dipu 313300, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
chair design
https://www.amazon.de/; ASIN B0722RH9Q9 · Amazon.de · disclosed 2017-05-04
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an Amazon.de disclosure of chair design ASIN B0722RH9Q9 dated 4 May 2017.
- ›The holder argued the evidence was untranslated and insufficient, and that the contested RCD was neither identical to nor lacking individual character over the invoked design.
- ›The Invalidity Division held that a bare web link and detached extracts did not objectively prove prior public disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, the novelty attack under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 5 CDR failed and the application was rejected.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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