Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-04
000108002
Contested design: 002945857-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0029458570001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ahaljan Duraiappahvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Geibelplatz 7, 30173 Hannover, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Tong De Limitedvia PDF extraction
VG
Palm Grove House, P. O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
screwdriver
ASIN B01AFZ6W9C · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-01-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested screwdriver design lacked novelty and individual character over an Amazon-listed prior design sold under ASIN B01AFZ6W9C since 11 January 2016.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant's disclosure evidence or merits arguments.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshot as sufficient disclosure and found the contested design created the same overall impression despite rear-side differences and engravings.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
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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