Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-02
000116287
Contested design: 008338883-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder 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 0083388830002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Haodan HU
China (CN)
Room 401, Unit 3, Building 7, Yunshan Xiao Qu, Yunshan Street, Lanxi City, Zhejiang, People’s republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Qiqiang Zhang
China (CN)
No. 25, Xicongluo Village, Shibaitou Township, Lin County, Shanxi 033200, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon listing for a 'Viking knife'
ASIN B08L4PMZ7Q · Amazon · disclosed 2020-10-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested kitchen-knife design lacked novelty and individual character because a similar 'Viking knife' had been disclosed on Amazon from 13 October 2020.
- ›The applicant relied on an Amazon printout and customer-review evidence; the holder filed no observations and left the application undefended.
- ›The Invalidity Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient to prove disclosure and held that the prior and contested designs shared the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The Division concluded that the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, upheld the application, and declared the design invalid.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
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