Invalidity · first instance · 2022-01-27
000116454
Contested design: 005928009-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must pay the applicant's costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0059280090002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the applicant’s costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Stephan Smallavia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Eldenaer Str. 30, 10247 Berlin, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Dongguan Yougenshu E-Commerce Co. Ltd.via PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Helsinkistr 45, 81829 München, Germany
Prior art cited (2)
Yolococa tamper mat coffee machine accessory
ASIN B01 EYB 95SS · Amazon.de · disclosed 2016-05-13
Concept-Art tmS Domestic Rubber Tamping Mat S
ASIN B00 6I1 9QFK · Amazon.de · disclosed 2011-12-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier Amazon offers of visually identical coffee tamper mats.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations.
- ›The Division found D1 and D2 were valid internet disclosures before the filing date and showed the same rectangular black mat with a round depression.
- ›The word element in the contested design was an immaterial detail, so the design lacked novelty and was declared invalid in full.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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