Invalidity · first instance · 2020-12-14
000112562
Contested design: 007720354-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested Community design is declared invalid, and the holder must bear 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 0077203540001 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
CalcoMed Ltd.via PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Hawthorne House 17A Hawthorne Drive, Leicester LE5 6DL, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Huakun Wangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
8A, Building B, Building Number 6, Building 1, XiJingCheng Haoyuan, Pinghu Street, Longgang District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Marinos Cleanthous
Prior art cited (1)
ear thermometer lens cover offered by Braun on Amazon.de
ASIN B00 008 J1YB · Amazon.de / web archive extract · disclosed 2003-02-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier ear-thermometer lens cover disclosed on Amazon.de, and also argued that the contested design's features were technically dictated.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application or the applicant's evidence.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon and web-archive extracts as solid proof of prior public disclosure, rejected the novelty ground, but found the designs created the same overall impression despite minor differences.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested RCD lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberGailė SAKALAITĖ
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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