Invalidity · first instance · 2022-03-21
000115847
Contested design: 007956230-0002
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 007956230-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Shenzhen Love Sports Technology Co,.LTDvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
SimplyWork 46D, Tianshucang Floor 4th, Wangkexinghuo Online South No.2, Wuhe Road, Bantian Street, Longgang District, Shen Zhen 518000, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Weiya Zhangvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
Jiedao Zhen Jiguan, Shipodian Town Yu'an District, Liuan City Anhui 237131, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
NedFoss Serbian Chef Knife / boning knife offered on amazon.de
ASIN B07TYJZK8N · amazon.de · disclosed 2019-07-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on an amazon.de knife listing disclosed before the contested design’s filing date.
- ›The holders requested re-service of the application but ultimately filed no substantive observations within the extended deadline.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon printout as sufficient proof of public disclosure and found the prior knife created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid for lack of individual character, and the holders were ordered to pay costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberNatascha GALPERIN
- MemberRasa BARAKAUSKIENĖ
- MemberBenjamin VAN BAVEL
Decision files
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| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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