Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-10
000116306
Contested design: 008503551-0002
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 008503551-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
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)
Amazon offer for 'Boning knife hand Forged Chef Knife'
https://www.amazon.com; ASIN B08PV1B1CK · Amazon · disclosed 2020-12-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested kitchen knife design lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical knife had been disclosed on Amazon from 7 December 2020.
- ›To support disclosure, the applicant filed an Amazon printout for the 'Boning knife hand Forged Chef Knife' with ASIN B08PV1B1CK and early customer reviews.
- ›The holders filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon evidence as proof of public disclosure and found the designs created the same overall impression, with only an insignificant colour-shade difference.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Article 6(1)(b), so the Division did not examine the separate novelty ground further.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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