Invalidity · first instance · 2021-11-30
000116086
Contested design: 008470850-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holders 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 0084708500001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Nantong Suning Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltdvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Room 1001, Building 12, Dongjing New Town, Nantong 226000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Maria Iakovou Ioannidou
Holder · RCD owner
Giovanni Consolivia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via dell’ Industria n. 19, 70043 Fasano, Italy
Prior art cited (1)
Podoy Dust Cyclone Collector
ASIN B08 7CS DPLW · US Amazon retail portal · disclosed 2020-04-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested dust-collector filter design lacked novelty and individual character because a Podoy Dust Cyclone Collector had already been marketed before the filing date.
- ›The holders were invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printouts as sufficient evidence of disclosure on 21/04/2020 and treated hyperlink-only evidence as insufficient by itself.
- ›Comparing the visible features, the Division found the designs created the same overall impression on the informed user and the contested design lacked individual character.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holders.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI – ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| 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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