Invalidity · first instance · 2022-04-21
000116767
Contested design: 008543797-0007
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 0085437970007 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
TecTake GmbHvia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Tauberweg 41, 97999 Igersheim, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Chen Ji
China (CN)
3039, Floor 3, Xiangnanruifeng Garden No.22 Guimiao Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518000, People’s Republic of China
Prior art cited (1)
JR Knight Katzen Kratzbaum scratching post
ASIN B08PZ9C72C; https://www.amazon.de · Amazon.de · disclosed 2020-12-08
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, relying on Amazon screenshots showing an identical cat scratching post offered from 8 December 2020.
- ›The holder was invited to respond but filed no observations challenging the alleged prior disclosure or the asserted identity of the designs.
- ›The Division found the Amazon evidence sufficient to prove public disclosure under Article 7(1) CDR before the filing date of the contested design.
- ›It held that the only visible difference in the inclined platform surface was immaterial, so the designs were identical and the contested design lacked novelty.
- ›The invalidity application was upheld, the contested design was declared invalid in full, and the holder was ordered to pay EUR 750 in costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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