Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-09
000114822
Contested design: 006380663-0005
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 0063806630005 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
Tobias Ellinghausenvia PDF extraction
Austria (AT)
Unteramt 29, 3264 Gresten, Austria
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Guangzhou Xunte Web Tech Co., Ltd.
China (CN)
Dongyi Auto Parts Square 07, Tianhe District Guangzhou People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Nan Li
Prior art cited (1)
bathroom shelf
ASIN B07KF78K4H · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-11-11
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty or individual character based on an Amazon.de listing for a bathroom shelf available since 11 November 2018.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as solid evidence of prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It found D1 created the same overall impression as the contested bathroom shelf, so the design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
Decision files
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| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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