Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-03
000115022
Contested design: 007008115-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld; Registered Community design No 007008115-0001 is declared invalid; 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 007008115-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Josef Bichlmeiervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Maistraße 31, 80337 München, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Canhui Xievia PDF extraction
China (CN)
1402, Building 6, Jiahe Mingyuan, Fengchun Road, Xiangqiao District, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Amazon.de listing for a stainless steel lunch box / bento box
ASIN B07L5DHD7R · Amazon.de · disclosed 2018-12-05
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying mainly on Annex F1 showing the same lunch box offered on Amazon.de from 2018-12-05.
- ›The holder argued he had disclosed the design earlier through an authorised Amazon.de listing within the grace period, and also invoked copyright and unregistered design rights.
- ›The Division accepted Annex F1 as a public internet disclosure and found the holder's Annexes 1 to 3 insufficient to link the earlier ECO Brotbox listing to the holder under Article 7(2).
- ›Comparing the relevant product features, the Division found the designs identical except for immaterial details, so the contested design lacked novelty and was declared invalid with costs against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENE
Decision files
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| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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