Invalidity · first instance · 2021-12-14
000116269
Contested design: 008340301-0002
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 008340301-0002 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
China (CN)
Pengwan Group, Wangfan Vil., Nanxi Town, Jinzhai, Anhui, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Sławomir Krzysztof Nowicki
Prior art cited (1)
amazon.com listing for a boning knife / “Viking Knives, Butcher Knife […]”
ASIN B08L4PMZ7Q · amazon.com · disclosed 2020-10-13
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant argued the contested kitchen-knife design lacked novelty and individual character because an almost identical knife had been sold on amazon.com since 13 October 2020.
- ›The applicant relied mainly on amazon.com printouts for ASIN B08L4PMZ7Q, including product images and listing details; the holder filed no observations.
- ›The Division found the Amazon listing sufficiently proved public disclosure before the filing date under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›Comparing the knife designs, the Division found only immaterial differences in blade pattern and colour tones, so the overall impressions were the same for the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld because the contested design lacked individual character under Article 6(1)(b) CDR.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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