Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-19
000114485
Contested design: 006576138-0003
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 0065761380003 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)
Cabin Max Metz Travel Backpack
ASIN B07 PMC WPY4 · Amazon.co.uk · disclosed 2015-09-03
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicants argued that the contested luggage design matched the earlier Cabin Max Metz backpack and lacked novelty and individual character after prior online disclosure.
- ›The applicants relied on Amazon.co.uk printouts in Annex 2 showing the product, its ASIN, and a first listing date of 3 September 2015.
- ›The holder filed no observations, and the Division accepted the Amazon evidence as a prior public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Because the prior design created the same overall impression on the informed user, the Division found no individual character and invalidated the RCD.
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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