Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-14
000114667
Contested design: 007843305-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 007843305-0001 is declared invalid. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ningbo Ideamake Houseware Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
89# Fengqi Road, Panho Qiao Village, Yinzhou District, Ningbo, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Riccardo Ciullo
Holder · RCD owner
Chen Bing
China (CN)
No.12-3, Group 5, Changtai Village, Longdong Town, Xiangxiang, Hunan Province, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Isabelle Bertaux
Prior art cited (3)
3-tier spice rack by Ningbo Ideamake Houseware
www.youtube.com · YouTube · disclosed 2019-05-21
Semlos Expandable Spice rack
ASIN B07YJS5N5M · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2019-09-09
extendable 3-tier spice rack
https://www.alibaba.com · Alibaba.com
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on three online disclosures of spice-rack products.
- ›The holder filed no observations or rebuttal evidence in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted Annex 1 as prior disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR, but found Annexes 2 and 3 insufficient evidence of disclosure.
- ›The claimed technical-function exclusion for the expandable part was not proven, novelty failed, but the repeated three-tier design created the same overall impression.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character and the holder was ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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