Invalidity · first instance · 2022-05-24
000116830
Contested design: 008617005-0001
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 008617005-0001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Plant2Plast A/Svia PDF extraction
Denmark (DK)
Nellemosevej 14, DK-5683 Haarby Denmark
Represented by
Niels Uth
Holder · RCD owner
Hunan Gianty New Material Technology Co., Ltd
China (CN)
Building 41, Standard Workshop, Taojiang Economic Development Zone, Taojiang County, Yiyang City (Hunan Province) People’s Republic of China
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
Article titled "Removes 110 million plastic spoons" showing the prior wooden spoon design.
https://www.grontpunkt.no/nyhet/fjerner-110-millioner-plastskjeer/ · grontpunkt.no · disclosed 2021-06-21
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity because the contested spoon design had been disclosed before filing and therefore failed Article 4 CDR.
- ›The applicant relied on a 21/06/2021 grontpunkt.no article showing the earlier wooden spoon design.
- ›The holder did not dispute the webpage date, and the Division accepted the internet article as sufficient disclosure under Article 7 CDR.
- ›The Division found the prior and contested spoon designs identical in all relevant features, so the design lacked novelty and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberElisabetta FERRARO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI-ALOISI
- MemberRebecca SANTANA DAVIES
Decision files
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