Invalidity · first instance · 2020-09-25
000110442
Contested design: 006757118-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's fixed costs of EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 006757118-0001 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
Just4You GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Kemperplatz 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Yucheng Linvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No.136-3, Caohu, Sandun Village, Nanri Town, Xiuyu District Putian, Fujian 351100, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
lunch box offered under the trade mark Charminer
ASIN B07TC6P1V5 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2019-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over several earlier designs, including an Amazon-disclosed lunch box.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application or the evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The Invalidity Division accepted the Amazon printouts as solid evidence that D1 was made available to the public before the RCD filing date.
- ›Comparing D1 with the contested lunch box, the Division found the similarities outweighed minor differences and the design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid in full, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberBirgit FILTENBORG
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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