Invalidity · first instance · 2020-11-19
000111424
Contested design: 004733293-0001
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 0047332930001 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
Ideavillage Products Corp.via PDF extraction
United States (US)
155 Route 46 West, Wayne NJ 07470, United States of America
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Haifu Chenvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Shuidou Fuhao Xincun, Longhua New District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (5)
Egglettes egg cooking device
ASIN B07 7XM NHW1 · Amazon.com · disclosed 2017-12-01
Egglettes egg cooking device video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2017-12-22
Egglettes egg cooking device video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2018-02-05
Egglettes egg cooking device video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2018-02-05
Egglettes egg cooking device video stills
YouTube · disclosed 2018-02-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested egg cooker design lacked novelty and individual character because its Egglettes design had already been disclosed online and marketed before the filing date.
- ›The holder filed no observations and did not rebut the applicant’s evidence of prior disclosure.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon and YouTube evidence as prior public disclosure and found only minor lid differences that did not change the overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character over the prior Egglettes design, so the RCD was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
Decision files
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| 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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