Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-03
000104839
Contested design: 001065965-0005
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity 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(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 001065965-0005 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten der Antragstellerin, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Amazon EU S.à r.l.via PDF extraction
LU
5 Rue Plaetis, 2338 Luxembourg City, Luxemburg
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Kettler Garden GmbH
Germany (DE)
Bleichstraße 64-66, 60313 Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
folding garden chair
GGM Nr. 000078845-0001 · EUIPO eSearch / Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusterblatt · disclosed 2003-12-09
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of individual character over earlier folding-chair designs, relying primarily on earlier RCD No. 000078845-0001.
- ›The holder argued designer freedom was constrained by folding-chair functionality, the design corpus was crowded, and the visible differences changed the overall impression.
- ›The Division found the earlier RCD had been disclosed, designer freedom remained significant, and the cited differences were minor in the overall impression.
- ›The contested design produced no different overall impression from the earlier RCD, so the invalidity application succeeded and the design was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
Decision files
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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