Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-08
000115546
Contested design: 005517547-0001
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 005517547-0001 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
b27 Concepts Limitedvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
127 Sewell Road London, London, City of London SE2 9DH, United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Xing Suvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 603, 3 door, No. 66, Dengziqiao Lane, Kaifu District, Changsha City, 410005, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (3)
'Ecoee Original' teapot
ASIN B01NBSQUTB · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2017-01-09
'Buntfink' teapot
ASIN B0796VZK4Q · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2018-01-21
'Ecoee Original' teapot
ASIN B079N4QXNN · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2018-02-06
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over three earlier teapot disclosures sold on Amazon.de as D1, D2 and D3.
- ›The holder filed no observations and left the invalidity application undefended.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listings as valid prior disclosures under Article 7 and, for procedural economy, assessed novelty against D2 alone.
- ›Excluding non-claimed features such as lid, filter, contents and transparency, the contested design was identical to D2, so the RCD was declared invalid and costs awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
Decision files
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