Invalidity · first instance · 2020-06-25
000107999
Contested design: 005942521-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0059425210002 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 GmbHvia PDF extraction
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 offered on amazon.de
ASIN B07K71F8VX · amazon.de · disclosed 2018-11-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on an Amazon listing for chair design ASIN B07K71F8VX allegedly disclosed on 6 November 2018.
- ›The holder argued the evidence should be disregarded, the claimed priority date defeated the cited disclosure, and the contested design was neither identical nor lacking individual character.
- ›The Division found the claimed priority invalid because the earlier Chinese design was in black and white while the contested RCD was registered in colour, so the relevant date was the filing date of 21 December 2018.
- ›The Division nevertheless held that the Amazon materials and link were insufficient, taken alone or together, to prove disclosure of the prior design under Article 7.
- ›The application was rejected as unfounded, and the applicant was ordered to pay the holder's fixed representation costs of EUR 400.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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