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 HUvia PDF extraction
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 Zhangvia PDF extraction
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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