Invalidity · first instance · 2021-07-22
000108861
Contested design: 004549400-0001
Outcome
The application for a declaration of invalidity against registered Community design No 004549400-0001 is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text(fr)
1. La demande en nullité à l’encontre du dessin ou modèle communautaire enregistré nº 004549400-0001 est rejetée. 2. La demanderesse supporte les frais exposés par le titulaire, fixés à 400 EUR.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Clearsvia PDF extraction
Switzerland (CH)
Place Chauderon 20 B, 1003 Lausanne, Suisse
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Sofiane Lozano Ibanezvia PDF extraction
France (FR)
1 rue Louis Blériot, 77400 Lagny sur Marne, France
Represented by
Prior art cited (4)
eBay offer for an ear cleaner / silicone soft earwax removal tool
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ear-Earwax-Picking-Removal-Suck-Cleaner-Ear-Painless-Cleaning-Tool-Silicone-soft-/172927016925 · eBay · disclosed 2017-10-22
Chevalier-Cleret press release and Google Images results for silicone personal ear cleaner
https://www.chevaliercleret.fr/information/nettoyeur-personnel-oreille-silicone.html · Chevalier-Cleret website / Google Images · disclosed 2017-11-30
Alibaba listing for Ear Cleaner with supplier-service comments
Alibaba.com Ear Cleaner listing · Alibaba · disclosed 2016-11-09
forum post showing a silicone soft ear pick / wax remover cleaner
http://vapingunderground.com/threads/silicone-soft-digear-tool-earpick-clean-wax-remover-cleaner.357561/ · Vaping Underground · disclosed 2017-09-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that four online disclosures destroyed novelty or, at least, individual character, and relied on a bailiff's report to date them.
- ›The holder replied that the cited materials did not prove relevant disclosure dates, some stemmed from its own project or contractors, and grace-period protection applied.
- ›The Division found Article 8(1) inadmissible because the applicant gave no supporting arguments, and held the annexes did not prove prior public disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Because disclosure of the earlier designs was not established, the invalidity application based on Article 25(1)(b) with Articles 5 and 6 was rejected and costs were awarded to the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichelle Marie DELLACHERIE
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frFrench | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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