Invalidity · first instance · 2021-05-25
000114362
Contested design: 006576138-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicants' costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0065761380002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicants’ costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Luigi Aprilevia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Croce Rossa N.147, 80047 San Giuseppe Vesuviano (NA), Italy
Holder · RCD owner
Creative 7 UK Ltd
United Kingdom (GB)
Creative 7, Miners Road, Llay Industrial Estate Wrexham, LL12 0PJ Wrexham, Wrecsam, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.it offer for 'Cabin Max Metz' cabin backpack
ASIN B 009 NR5 H86 · Amazon website (www.amazon.it)
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicants sought invalidity of the luggage design, arguing it lacked novelty and individual character and had already been disclosed before filing.
- ›Applicants relied on Annex 3 Amazon.it printouts for 'Cabin Max Metz' with ASIN B 009 NR5 H86, stated as first listed in 2013.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure and found only minor differences, insufficient to create a different overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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