Invalidity · first instance · 2021-09-15
000115461
Contested design: 005891520-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Community design No 005891520-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(de)
1. Dem Antrag auf Nichtigerklärung wird stattgegeben. 2. Das eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster Nr. 005891520-0001 wird für nichtig erklärt. 3. Die Inhaberin trägt die Kosten, die auf 750 EUR festgesetzt werden.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TK Gruppe GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hauptstraße 129, 69207 Sandhausen, Deutschland
Holder · RCD owner
von Moers GmbH
Germany (DE)
Mechtildisstr. 16, 50678 Köln, Deutschland
Prior art cited (1)
MOVOJA - Regenschutz für Rucksack
ASIN B017IPUH70 · amazon.de · disclosed 2015-10-30
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character over an earlier backpack rain cover disclosed on amazon.de before the filing date.
- ›The applicant argued the designs differed only in colour, while the holder filed no observations despite being invited to respond.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon screenshots and ASIN evidence as proving public disclosure from 30 October 2015 under Article 7 CDR.
- ›Comparing only the features shown in the contested registration, the Division found no differences from the earlier design and held the contested RCD lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld in full, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs of EUR 750 were imposed on the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberMartin LENZ
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
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| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| deGerman | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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