Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-03
000116994
Contested design: 006378808-0002
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested registered Community design 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 006378808-0002 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Ilja Wergervia PDF extraction
Germany (DE)
Hofwiesenstr. 23/1, 70839 Gerlingen, Germany
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Caixiu Zhongvia PDF extraction
China (CN)
No. 686, Xiangdong Building, Guanghua Village, Shuikou Town, Xingning City, Guangdong Province, 514500, People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Norjews Baby Hand-Print and Foot-Print Photo Album photo frame
https://www.amazon.de ; ASIN B07K9RZCQC · Amazon Germany · disclosed 2018-11-07
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›Applicant argued the contested photo-frame design lacked novelty and individual character because an identical or highly similar baby hand-and-foot print frame had been sold on Amazon Germany before the priority date.
- ›Holder filed no observations in reply to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division accepted the Amazon listing as prior disclosure and found the compared designs shared the same overall structure, proportions, four-part division, and theme, with the hand-and-foot print differences not decisive overall.
- ›The application was upheld for lack of individual character, the contested RCD was declared invalid, and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| 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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