Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-13
000117092
Contested design: 008590400-0004
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 0085904000004 is declared invalid. 3. The holders bear the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Zhejiang Dongrui Industrial and Trading Co., Ltd.via PDF extraction
China (CN)
Weiliu East Road, Tongqin Town, Wuyi City, Jinhua, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China
Holder · RCD owner
Piotr Niemyjskivia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
ul. Dworska 5B/7, 15756 Białystok, Poland
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
tool shed
Amazon.de ASIN B07 1KC 132N · Amazon.de retail portal · disclosed 2017-04-26
tool shed from the applicant's 2016-2017 catalogue, depicted on page 29
applicant catalogue
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty, arguing the contested tool shed matched earlier sheds disclosed before the filing date.
- ›It relied on an Amazon.de listing since 26/04/2017, a proforma invoice to the Amazon seller, and a similar shed shown in its 2016-2017 catalogue.
- ›The holders filed no observations in response to the invalidity application.
- ›The Division found the Amazon disclosure proven under Article 7(1) CDR and considered the compared sheds identical, including the monopitch roof, wall crimps, double door and louvres.
- ›The application was upheld in full, the design was declared invalid for lack of novelty, and the holders were ordered to bear costs.
Deciding panel
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberLudmila CELISOVA
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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