Invalidity · first instance · 2021-06-25
000114363
Contested design: 007733712-0006
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld and Registered Community design No 0077337120006 is declared invalid.
Show verbatim operative text
The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. Registered Community design No 0077337120006 is declared invalid.
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 and Via Pace 25/6, 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, United Kingdom
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
screenshots offering the 'Equator 2.0 Backpackers Carry On' cabin backpack
www.cabinmax.com · www.cabinmax.com · disclosed 2014-07-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants sought invalidity because the contested flight bag had already been disclosed online and lacked novelty and individual character.
- ›They relied on Annex 3 screenshots from www.cabinmax.com showing the Equator 2.0 backpack offered online with reviews dated between 2014 and 2016.
- ›The holder filed no observations in reply and did not contest disclosure or the comparison with the prior design.
- ›The Division found Annex 3 proved pre-filing web disclosure and that the contested RCD used exactly the same images as the prior design, so novelty was destroyed.
- ›The application was upheld, the RCD was declared invalid, and the holder was ordered to bear the applicants' costs fixed at EUR 750.
Deciding panel
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
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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