Invalidity · first instance · 2020-07-08
000109683
Contested design: 006601514-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0066015140002 is rejected. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
von Heesen GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Eversgerdweg 64, 33332 Gütersloh, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yingxiao QIU
China (CN)
Room 1203, Building No.5, Shijichuncheng Four Phase, Meilong Road, Longhua New District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
wallet design offered on Amazon
www.amazon.de
another wallet design offered on Amazon
www.amazon.de
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on several earlier wallet designs allegedly disclosed on Amazon.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division found the Amazon material illegible and incomplete, so the alleged earlier designs were not proven disclosed under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Because disclosure of the prior designs was not established, the invalidity application was rejected and costs were awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
Decision files
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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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