Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-10
000115867
Contested design: 008309181-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders must pay EUR 750 in costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008309181-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Love Sports Technology Co., LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
SimplyWork 46D, Tianshucang Floor 4th, Wangkexinghuo Online South No.2, Wuhe Road,Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shen Zhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Weiya Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiedao Zhen Jiguan, Shipodian Town Yu'an District Liuan City Anhui 237131, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
amazon.de listing for a 27.3 cm kitchen knife
ASIN B08GKFN6M7 · amazon.de · disclosed 2020-08-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested kitchen knife design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical knife was offered on amazon.de before the filing date.
- ›The holders filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the amazon.de listing as prior public disclosure and found the differences in handle color, wood grain, and blade indentations immaterial.
- ›The contested design was found identical to the prior disclosure, so the application was upheld and the design invalidated with costs against the holders.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
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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