Invalidity · first instance · 2021-10-07
000115806
Contested design: 005835998-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is rejected, and the applicant must bear the holder's costs fixed at EUR 400.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity of registered Community design No 0058359980001 is rejected. 2. The applicant bears the holder’s costs, fixed at EUR 400.
CostsApplicant ordered to pay costs of €400
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Grillfürst GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Friedewalder Str. 24, 36251 Bad Hersfeld, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Shenzhen Yuxin E-commerce Co., Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
B1107, Block B, Zhantao Technology Building, Minzhi Street, Longhua District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province 518000, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
grill brush with triple head
ASIN B07 51T 3449 / article number 17124 · www.amazon.de · disclosed 2017-08-23
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character based on an earlier grill brush allegedly sold on Amazon from 23/08/2017, and also alleged bad faith.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply.
- ›The Division held bad faith inadmissible under Article 25(1) and found Annexes 1 to 4 insufficient to prove prior disclosure under Article 7.
- ›Because prior disclosure was not proven, novelty and individual character were not assessed; the application was rejected and costs awarded against the applicant.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- 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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