Invalidity · first instance · 2022-07-19
000114869
Contested design: 006622015-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the registered Community design No 006622015-0001 is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text(it)
1. La domanda di dichiarazione di nullità è accolta. 2. Il disegno o modello comunitario registrato n. 006622015-0001 è dichiarato nullo. 3. Il titolare sopporta l’onere delle spese, fissate a 750 EUR.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Creative 7 UK Ltdvia PDF extraction
United Kingdom (GB)
Miners Road, Llay Industrial Estate, Wrexham Wrexham [Wrecsam GB-WRC] LL12 0PJ United Kingdom
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Luigi Aprilevia PDF extraction
Italy (IT)
Via Croce Rossa N.147, 80047 San Giuseppe Vesuviano (NA) Italy
Represented by
Francesco Paolo Fumarola
Prior art cited (2)
Cabin Go 5520 trolley backpack shown on Amazon.it
ASIN B07DKBMWFY · Amazon.it · disclosed 2017-11-02
Detailed images of the Cabin Go 5520 trolley backpack in another colour shown on Amazon.it
Amazon.it · disclosed 2017-11-02
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on prior Amazon disclosures of the Cabin Go 5520 trolley backpack before the contested filing date.
- ›The holder challenged the adequacy and timing of the applicant's evidence, objected to the late-filed annexes, and argued that the trolley-backpack sector was crowded and designer freedom was limited.
- ›The Division admitted the later annexes as supplementary evidence for the same prior model and found the Amazon extracts proved public disclosure on 2 November 2017 under Article 7(1) CDR.
- ›It held that the contested design and the prior Cabin Go designs created the same overall impression on the informed user, with only minor differences in wheel attachments, colours, and missing bottom view.
- ›The application was upheld under Article 25(1)(b) in conjunction with Articles 4(1) and 6(1)(b), so the contested RCD was declared invalid and costs were awarded against the holder.
Deciding panel
- MemberJessica LEWIS
- MemberEnrico D’ERRICO
- MemberMichele M. BENEDETTI - ALOISI
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| itItalian | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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