Invalidity · first instance · 2021-04-08
000113982
Contested design: 007484316-0001
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
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0074843160001 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
LAH Schmitt GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Großsachsenerstraße 2a, 69493 Hirschberg, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Lingling Wuvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 55, Cuowei, Tianbian Village, Daitou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province 351100, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Dartboard Surround 4 Piece Black dartboard catch ring
ASIN B00DUDX84Y · amazon.de · disclosed 2013-07-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier dart catch rings disclosed online before the filing date.
- ›The applicant submitted Amazon printouts, especially D1 with ASIN B00DUDX84Y first available on 8 July 2013; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted D1 as prior disclosure, found the informed user could directly compare the products, and held the designer had enough freedom beyond the ring's inner perimeter.
- ›Because the contested design reproduced D1's overall impression with only immaterial differences, the RCD lacked individual character and was declared invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
Decision files
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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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