Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-08
000116307
Contested design: 008484471-0001
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 008484471-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear 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
You Zhouvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Pohlweg. 70, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
Prior art cited (1)
Hand Forged Meat Cleaver 6.3 Inch Kitchen Knife
ASIN B08GK5SN8M · amazon.com · disclosed 2020-08-24
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested kitchen-knife design lacked novelty and individual character because the same design had been disclosed on Amazon from 24/08/2020.
- ›The holders filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing and reviews as sufficient disclosure evidence and found the prior knife created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR, so novelty was not examined further.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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