Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-14
000116268
Contested design: 008444699-0004
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 008444699-0004 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
Zhen Peng, Pengwan Groupvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Wangfan Vil., Nanxi Town, Jinzhai, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki
Prior art cited (1)
Boning knife offered for sale on amazon.com
ASIN B08PV1B1CK · amazon.com · disclosed 2020-12-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued that the contested kitchen-knife design lacked novelty and individual character because the same or a highly similar knife was sold on amazon.com before the filing date.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations, so the invalidity application went undefended on the merits.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as sufficient proof of disclosure under Article 7(1) and found the informed user could directly compare the designs.
- ›Given the designer's broad freedom and only minor immaterial differences, the designs created the same overall impression; the application was upheld and the design invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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